The Influence of Need for Cognitive Closure on Prospective Memory

Objective: To explore the influence of need for cognitive closure on prospective memory.Methods: The experiment was carried out in 30 high-level and 30 low-level university students in need for cognitive closure,which included event-based and time-based prospective memory tasks.Event-based prospective memory task was when seeing the target cue,execute the target.Time-based prospective memory task was to implement the background tasks(graphic tasks) and the target tasks at the same time.Results: There were no significant differences in the reaction time and the accuracy of time-based prospective memory,and there were significant differences in the reaction time of event-based prospective memory between the high-level and the low-level individuals in need for cognitive closure,the reaction time of the highlevel individuals was shorter than that of the low-level individuals.Conclusion: There are some influence of need for cognitive closure on the individuals’ prospective memory.