The Effects of Need for Cognition and Need for Affect on Motivated Numeracy Amidst COVID-19

• In Event: On Motivated Reasoning

Brief Overview

Individual differences in the tendency to approach or avoid emotions (Need For Affect) and the motivation to engage in effortful cognitive thinking (Need For Cognition) are the likely mechanisms that explain how individuals process uncongenial data.

Authors

• Eunbin Chung, University of Utah

• Anna O. Pechenkina, Utah State University