APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Does Inconsistency Always Lead to Negative Affect? the Influence of Need for Closure on Affective Reactions to Cognitive Inconsistency
- Marina Chernikova
University of Maryland, College Park - Daniela Di Santo
University of Rome - Arie Kruglanski
University of Maryland, College Park - Antonio Pierro
University of Rome
Abstract
Major theorists on cognitive consistency have claimed that inconsistency always elicits negative affect. However, a recent theory has disputed this view (Kruglanski et al., 2018). Informed by the new framework, we present an experiment showing that need for closure—the epistemic desire for certainty—can moderate affective reactions to inconsistency.
Social Cognition
