The role of motivation in the association of political ideology with cognitive performance
| Autor: | Axel M. Burger, Melissa Jauch, Stefan Pfattheicher |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Publica |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Need for cognition
Adult Male Linguistics and Language Elementary cognitive task Adolescent Psychometrics Cognitive Neuroscience Cognitive reflection task Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Context (language use) Authoritarianism 050105 experimental psychology Language and Linguistics 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Cognition political ideology RWA Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance Cognitive performance Association (psychology) cognitive performance Aged Motivation 05 social sciences Politics Middle Aged Political ideology Female cognitive reflection task Construct (philosophy) Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Burger, A M, Pfattheicher, S & Jauch, M 2020, ' The role of motivation in the association of political ideology with cognitive performance ', Cognition, vol. 195, 104124 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.104124 |
| ISSN: | 1873-7838 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cognition.2019.104124 |
| Popis: | Previous research reports a negative association between individuals’ tendency to endorse right- versus left-wing socio-cultural views and performance in cognitive tasks. We hypothesized that this association results to some extent from explicit epistemic preferences and low motivation to perform well in such tasks, rather than resulting from low ability only. In two studies we found support for this hypothesis. In Study 1, we show that part of the association of right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) with performance in the cognitive reflection task (CRT) could be explained by the motivational construct of need for cognition. In Study 2, we experimentally manipulated the motivation of participants by providing (vs. not providing) monetary incentives in the CRT and documented an improvement in the performance of participants high in RWA but not of participants low in RWA. The crucial role of ideology-based motivational differences in the context of cognitive performance is discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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