On Being a Mindful Authoritarian: Is Need for Cognition Always Associated with Greater Tolerance of Deviant and Stigmatized Groups?

• Main Authors: TAM, Kim-Pong, LEUNG, Angela K. Y., CHIU, Chi-Yue
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Motivated social cognition; Need for cognition; Punitiveness; Right-wing authoritarianism; Social dominance; Cognition and Perception; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/404; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1403/viewcontent/MindfulAuthoritarian_2008.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Previous research shows that the motivation to be mindful is associated with less intolerance toward deviant and stigmatized groups. The present research examines authoritarianism as a possible moderator of this seemingly robust finding. We obtained consistent evidence from two studies that authorit...