Ideology is related to basic cognitive processes involved in attitude formation

Political ideology, exploration of novel stimuli, and attitude formation

In this study, the relations among political ideology, exploratory behavior, and the formation of attitudes toward novel stimuli were explored. Participants played a computer game that required learning whether these stimuli produced positive or negative outcomes. Learning was dependent on participants’ decisions to sample novel stimuli and discover the associated valence. Political ideology co...

Cognitive Processes Involved in Solving Information Systems (IS) Design Problems

The author characterizes systems analysis and design as a cognitive problem-solving process and suggests that many implementations fail because Information Systems (IS) designers do not adequately understand the cognitive processes involved. The author explores problem understanding as well as the dynamic relationship between it and plan development and points to areas in which research will no...

The End of Equipotentiality: A Moral Foundations Approach to Ideology-Attitude Links and Cognitive Complexity

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Cognitive processes involved in learning logic

Cognitive Processes Involved in Video Game Identification

Identifying with video game characters is one potentially important process in game enjoyment. Based on a theoretical model of video game identification as transformed self-perception, cognitive processes in video game identification were explored. An experiment with N = 60 male players revealed that increased cognitive accessibility of character-related concepts should be considered as element...