Need for Cognition and Problem Solving Styles in Divorce Applicant Couples and Normal Couples

Mohammadi, Reza; Alizadeh, Khalil; Sedaghat, Maryam

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.173

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“…Over the past decades, several studies have deepened this personality trait in several scenarios, in relation to several individual variables and in terms of a series of psychosocial constructs from psychology (Jebb et al, 2016; Nair & Ramnarayan, 2000). For example, NFC is related to the need for affection (Maio & Esses, 2001), low dogmatism (Cacioppo & Petty, 1982), interest in science (Feist, 2012), problem-solving (Mohammadi, Alizadeh, & Sedaghat, 2011; Nair & Ramnarayan, 2000), innovation behaviors (Wu, Parker, & Jong, 2014), decision-making (Carnevale, Inbar, & Lerner, 2011), ethical judgment and moral ability (Singer, Mitchell, & Turner, 1998; Strobel, Grass, Pohling, & Strobel, 2017), knowledge and verbal ability (Tidwell, Sadowski, & Pate, 2000), creativity (Madrid & Patterson, 2016; Rich, 2016), information processing (Dickhäuser, Reinhard, Diener, & Bertrams, 2009), attitude change (Haugtvedt & Petty, 1989), and humor (Gallagher, 2012), among others.…”

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Need for cognition in a Portuguese managers sample: Invariance across gender and professional activity.

Sousa¹,

Palacios²,

Gonçalves³

et al. 2018

The Psychologist-Manager Journal

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The current organizational environment, characterized by uncertainty, requires the need for comprehending a complex set of variables and relations. Understanding, decision-making, and judging of information are daily processes that managers perform; these processes are often influenced by individual characteristics in terms of information processing. Among the several determining attributes of managers’ performance presented in the literature is the need for cognition. Despite its importance, studies with samples of Portuguese managers are still scarce, so that through a sample of 442 managers who are members of the executive body of Portuguese microenterprises, this study examined (a) the factor structure of the Need for Cognition Scale–18 items (Cacioppo & Petty, 1982), (b) the scale’s reliability, and (c) the invariance of its factor structure across gender and across professional activity (through a sample of nonmanagers, n = 344). Our analyses support a structure with three factors (Commitment of Cognitive Effort, Preference for Complexity, and Desire for Understanding), with good reliability and validity. The Scale showed variance between genders and between samples, which makes it less generalizable and more susceptible to population type. We also found significant differences in the levels of need for cognition between genders, in the factors Commitment of Cognitive Effort and Preference for Complexity. The sample of managers had significantly higher levels of need for cognition compared with the sample of nonmanagers. Collectively, these findings provide compelling evidence in support of the Need for Cognition Scale for managers and other professionals. However, more research is warranted to investigate the scale measurement invariance.

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Need for cognition in a Portuguese managers sample: Invariance across gender and professional activity.

Sousa¹,

Palacios²,

Gonçalves³

et al. 2018

The Psychologist-Manager Journal

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Relationship between VAK Learning Styles and Problem Solving Styles regarding Gender and Students' Fields of Study

Gholami¹,

Bagheri²

2013

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This study aimed to identify VAK learning styles and problem solving styles of students, to check the relationship between these and to investigate the differences in the above-mentioned styles between male and female students and their fields of study. To this end, 102 students were selected through convenient sampling from Boushehr Islamic Azad University (Iran). Reid's learning style and Cassidy and Long's problem solving style questionnaires were administered to the sample. The data gathered were subjected to the statistical procedure of Pearson Product Moment correlation, two way repeated measures ANOVA, and Independent sample t-test. The results indicated that there is a positive relationship between VAK learning styles and problem solving styles. The results also showed that fields of study did not have an effect on VAK learning styles and problem solving styles. Further, it was found that gender has no effect on VAK learning styles, but it has an effect on problem solving styles.

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Need for Cognition and Problem Solving Styles in Divorce Applicant Couples and Normal Couples

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Need for cognition in a Portuguese managers sample: Invariance across gender and professional activity.

Need for cognition in a Portuguese managers sample: Invariance across gender and professional activity.

Relationship between VAK Learning Styles and Problem Solving Styles regarding Gender and Students' Fields of Study

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