title: Open-Minded Cognition.
abstract: The present research conceptualizes open-minded cognition as a cognitive style that influences how individuals select and process information. An open-minded cognitive style is marked by willingness to consider a variety of intellectual perspectives, values, opinions, or beliefs-even those that contradict the individual's opinion. An individual's level of cognitive openness is expected to vary across domains (such as politics and religion). Four studies develop and validate a novel measure of open-minded cognition, as well as two domain-specific measures of religious and political open-minded cognition. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (controlling for acquiescence bias) are used to develop the scales in Studies 1 to 3. Study 4 demonstrates that these scales possess convergent and discriminant validity. Study 5 demonstrates the scale's unique predictive validity using the outcome of Empathic Concern (Davis, 1980). Study 6 demonstrates the scale's unique predictive validity using the outcomes of warmth toward racial, religious, and sexual minorities.
authors: Loyola University Chicago, IL, USA.
authors: Erika
authors: E
authors: Price
authors: Loyola University Chicago, IL, USA vottati@luc.edu.
authors: Victor
authors: V
authors: Ottati
authors: Loyola University Chicago, IL, USA.
authors: Chase
authors: C
authors: Wilson
authors: Loyola University Chicago, IL, USA.
authors: Soyeon
authors: S
authors: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011057:Politics; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012938:Social Perception; D013850:Thinking; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: attitudes; individual differences; persuasion/social influence; political psychology; social cognition