Editing Closure (psychology) (section)

==Research==
Individuals scoring high on the NFCS are more likely to attempt to draw closure by relying on incipient cues, and the first-encountered apparent fit.<ref name=Chirumbolo2004/> The need for closure is also said to predispose a very narrow or shallow information search, along with a higher tendency to use cognitive [[heuristic]]s, when seeking solutions. (Van Hiel and Mervielde, 2003)

In studies on [[creativity]], individuals with high need-for-closure ratings had low creativity scores.  Those low in need-for-closure more frequently produced novel solutions that motivated and inspired others in their groups, and the outcomes of the projects in which they participated were rated as correspondingly more productive.<ref name=Chirumbolo2004/>

Most research on the need for closure has investigated its relation to social stimuli. However, recent research suggests that it may also predict responses to non-social stimuli. In particular, the need for closure predicts an evaluative bias against deviant non-social stimuli (e.g., the letter "A" presented in a category of letter "B"s)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rubin |first1=M. |last2=Paolini |first2=S |last3=Crisp |first3=R. J. |year=2011 |title=The relationship between the need for closure and deviant bias: An investigation of generality and process |journal=International Journal of Psychology |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=206–213 |doi=10.1080/00207594.2010.537660|pmid=22044233 |url=http://psyarxiv.com/tjk9y/ |hdl=1959.13/930915 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

"Closure" has also been used more loosely to refer to the outcome of an experience which, by virtue of its completion, demonstrates a therapeutic value. Legal scholars have linked "closure" to "catharsis" and "satisfaction"<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bandes |first=Susan A. |title=Victims, 'Closure,' and the Sociology of Emotion |journal=Law and Contemporary Problems |date=Spring 2009 |volume=72 |issue=1 |pages=1–26 |url=http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol72/iss2/2 }}</ref> and at times the legal system may be enlisted into an individual's desire for the cessation of uncertainty. In the case of the death penalty, for example, victims seeking "closure" may adopt effective strategies as diverse as retribution, on one hand, and forgiveness on the other.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kanwar |first=Vik |title=Capital Punishment as 'Closure': Limits of a Victim-Centered Jurisprudence |journal=New York University Review of Law and Social Change |date=2001–2002 |volume=27 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228188957}}</ref>