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Exacerbation and Attenuation of Ego-Depletion

Gilkey, Justin Michael
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1352056734

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2012, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Experimental.
The present study investigated relationships between Need for Cognition (NFC) and two independent aspects of the Ego-depletion phenomenon. Experiment 1 examined the possibility that given a relatively equal quantity of resource consumption, high NFC individuals are, under specific circumstances, less susceptible to the ego-depletion phenomenon. Experiment 2 examined the possibility that, under specific circumstances, high NFC individuals might also be susceptible to greater resource consumption than low NFC individuals; thus exacerbating the ego-depletion phenomenon. The data did not support this hypothesis either. Instead, the results from Experiments 1 and 2 raise the prospect that through a lifelong tendency to cognize, high NFC individuals develop a more resource-efficient cognitive system capable of prolonged cognitive activity before performance impairments occur. However, once a sufficient quantity of resource is consumed, high NFC participants are just as susceptible to performance impairments as low NFC individuals.
Anderson Richard, PhD (Advisor)
Leventhal Laura, PhD (Committee Member)
Klopfer Dale, PhD (Committee Member)
Zickar Mike, PhD (Committee Member)
87 p.
Psychobiology

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  • Gilkey, J. M. (2012). Exacerbation and Attenuation of Ego-Depletion [Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1352056734

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Gilkey, Justin. Exacerbation and Attenuation of Ego-Depletion. 2012. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1352056734.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Gilkey, Justin. "Exacerbation and Attenuation of Ego-Depletion." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1352056734

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