Besoin de cognition, besoin d’évaluer, besoin de clôture : proposition d’échelles en langue française et approche socio-normative des besoins dits fondamentaux

Conclusion Les résultats sont discutés dans une perspective socio-normative. Introduction and objectives After leading a validation of questionnaires about three fundamental needs in French language (need for cognition, closing and evaluation), we tested in two studies that fundamental needs could be subjected to social constraints and could be considered differently than exclusively like stable personality characteristics and motivational drivers of action. Method Using the paradigm of judges (study 1) and the paradigm of identification (study 2), the results argue for a normative approach, at least as regards the need for cognition and assess. Results The results of the first study show that individuals consider more favorably targets with strong need rather than low need and especially in social contexts with high social utility (that is to say, the professional context in comparison with the friendly context). The results of the second study show that when the questionnaires about needs “as would a person having been previously well or poorly assessed” participants get higher scores high on the need for cognition questionnaire in the first case than in the second. The results regarding the need for closure are more mixed. Conclusion The results are discussed in a socio-normative perspective.

Source: European Review of Applied Psychology - October 12, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research