The measurement of cognitive complexity and its relationship with political extremism

被引：69

作者：

Van Hiel, A ^{[1
]}

Mervielde, I ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] State Univ Ghent, Dept Dev Personal & Social Psychol, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

来源：

POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2003年 / 24卷 / 04期

关键词：

authoritarianism; cognitive complexity; context theory; value pluralism model; political beliefs; rigidity;

D O I：

10.1046/j.1467-9221.2003.00354.x

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

Three studies tested the relationship between political extremism and cognitive complexity in an adult sample (N = 135), a sample of students (N = 145), and a sample of political party members (N = 47). According to value pluralism theory, advocates of extreme ideologies exhibit low levels of cognitive complexity. Context theory, in contrast, states that extremists think in a more complex and sophisticated way about politics. In accordance with context theory, significant positive correlations between cognitive complexity and extremist ideology were found in all samples. The results of these studies also revealed weak correlations among the cognitive complexity instruments used in previous research. Problems concerning the measurement of cognitive style and cognitive complexity are discussed.

引用

页码：781 / 801

页数：21

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