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Need for cognition and cognitive performance from a cross-cultural perspective: examples of academic success and solving anagrams

dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.contributor.kuauthorGülgöz, Sami
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-10T00:05:23Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.description.abstractThe cross-cultural validity of the Need for Cognition Scale and its relationship with cognitive performance were investigated in two studies. In the first study, the relationships between the scale and university entrance scores, course grades, study skills, and social desirability were examined. Using the short form of the Turkish version of the Need for Cognition Scale (S. Gulgoz & C. J. Sadowski, 1995) no correlation with academic performance was found but there was significant correlation with a study skills scale and a social desirability scale created for this study. When regression analysis was used to predict grade point average, the Need for Cognition Scale was a significant predictor. In the second study, participants low or high in need for cognition solved multiple-solution anagrams. The instructions preceding the task set the participants' expectations regarding task difficulty. An interaction between expectation and need for cognition indicated that participants with low need for cognition performed worse when they expected difficult problems. Results of the two studies showed that need for cognition has cross-cultural validity and that its effect on cognitive performance was mediated by other variables.
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dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.description.volume135
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00223980109603683
dc.identifier.eissn1940-1019
dc.identifier.issn0022-3980
dc.identifier.quartileQ2
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dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/00223980109603683
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/16437
dc.keywordsAcademic performance
dc.keywordsCross-cultural
dc.keywordsNeed for cognition
dc.keywordsProblem-solving expectation
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartofJournal Of Psychology
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.titleNeed for cognition and cognitive performance from a cross-cultural perspective: examples of academic success and solving anagrams
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