Arie W. Kruglanski

Arie W. Kruglanski
Born 1939
Poland
Nationality American
Occupation Social psychologist
Known for Work on Cognitive Closure

Arie W. Kruglanski (born in 1939) is a social psychologist best known for his work on Cognitive Closure. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland.

Career

Arie Kruglanski received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1968. He has contributed extensively to the theory of Cognitive Closure,[1] and co-developed the Need for Closure Scale.[2] Theories of closure have found application in numerous fields such as consumer behavior,[3] business hiring[4] and political research.[5] Kruglanski frequently collaborated with E. Tory Higgins, particularly on regulatory mode theory.

Kruglanski serves as a co-principal investigator at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland, and has conducted extensive research on the psychology and motivations of terrorists.[6] He and his students studied captive Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam after the defeat of that south Asian terror group, finding that de-radicalization is possible with a systematic process involving , which he calls the three N's, "The Need, the Narrative and the Network."[7]

He sits on the editorial board of Psychological Review.[8]

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Awards

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Journal articles

References

  1. Moss, Simon. "Need for closure". Psychlopedia.
  2. Konnikova, Maria (April 30, 2013). "Why We Need Answers". The New Yorker.
  3. Markmn, Art (November 29, 2010). "The Psychology of Time Pressured Sales". Psychology Today.
  4. Cook, Gareth (October 13, 2015). "The Power of Embracing Uncertainty". Scientific American.
  5. Mooney, Chris (July 16, 2012). "Conservatism makes you happy". Salon.
  6. Mooney, Chris (August 29, 2014). "Here Are the Psychological Reasons Why an American Might Join ISIS". Mother Jones.
  7. Kruglanski, Arie (January 11, 2015). "Drivers of Deradicalization: Needs, Narratives, Networks". Huffington Post.
  8. http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/rev/index.aspx
  9. Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  10. Society for Experimental Social Psychology

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