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Suedfeld's Integrative Complexity References In chronological order

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Streufert, S., Suedfeld, P., & Driver, M. J. (1965). Conceptual structure, information search, and information utilization. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2, 736-740.

Streufert, S., Clardy, M. A., Driver, M. J., Karlins, M., Schroder, H. M., & Suedfeld, P. (1965). A tactical game as a method for the analysis of complex decision-making behavior in individuals and social groups. Psychological Reports, 17, 723-729.

Suedfeld, P., & Streufert, S. (1966). Information search as a function of conceptual and environmental complexity. Psychonomic Science, 4, 351-352.

Suedfeld, P., & Hagen, R. L. (1966). The measurement of information complexity: I. Conceptual structure and information pattern as factors in information processing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 4, 233-236.

Suedfeld, P. (1966). Information processing: The effects of differential pattern complexity and input rate. Psychonomic Science, 6, 249-250.

Suedfeld, P., & Goeller, N. (1967). The effect of motivational arousal on information processing in the convergent word identification task. Psychonomic Science, 9, 231-232.

Suedfeld, P. (1968). Verbal indices of conceptual complexity: Manipulation by instructions. Psychonomic Science, 12, 377.

Suedfeld, P., & Rank, A. D. (1976). Revolutionary leaders: Long-term success as a function of changes in conceptual complexity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 34, 169-178.

Tetlock, P. E., & Suedfeld, P. (1976). Inducing belief instability without a persuasive message: The roles of attitude centrality, individual cognitive differences, and sensory deprivation. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 8, 324-333.

Suedfeld, P., & Tetlock, P. (1977). Integrative complexity of communications in international crises. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 21, 169-184.

Suedfeld, P., Tetlock, P. E., & Ramirez, C. (1977). War, peace, and integrative complexity. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 21, 427-442.

Landon, P. B., & Suedfeld, P. (1977). Complexity as multidimensional perception: The effects of sensory deprivation on concept identification. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 10, 137-138.

Suedfeld, P. (1978). Integrative komplexitat als eine variable historischer forschung und internationaler beziehungen. In H. Mandl & G. L. Huber (Eds.), Kognitive komplexitat (pp. 51-64). Gottingen: Hogrefe Verlag.

Suedfeld, P. (1978). Die messung integrativer komplexitat in archivmaterialien. In H. Mandl & G. L. Huber (Eds.), Kognitive komplexitat (pp. 179-192). Gottingen: Hogrefe Verlag.

Porter, C. A., & Suedfeld, P. (1981). Integrative complexity in the correspondence of literary figures: Effects of personal and societal stress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40, 321-330.

Kalish, N., Landon, P. B., Rank, D. S., & Suedfeld, P. (1983). Stimulus, task, and environmental characteristics as factors in the cognitive processing of English sentences. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 21, 1-3.

Suedfeld, P., & Piedrahita, L. E. (1984). Intimations of mortality: Integrative simplification as a precursor of death. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47, 848-852.

Suedfeld, P. (1985). American Psychological Association Presidential addresses: The relation of integrative complexity to historical, professional, and personal factors. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 49, 1643-1651.

Suedfeld, P., Corteen, R. S., & McCormick, C. (1986). The role of integrative complexity in military leadership: Robert E. Lee and his opponents. In G. Y. Nogami (Ed.), Special issue on military psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 16, 498-507.

Suedfeld, P. (1986). Authoritarian thinking, groupthink, and decision-making under stress: Are simple decisions always worse? American Psychological Association symposium presentation; (1988) Society, 25(5), 25-27.

Wallace, M. D., & Suedfeld, P. (1988). Leadership performance in crisis: The longevity-complexity link. International Studies Quarterly, 32, 439-451.

Suedfeld, P., & Bluck, S. (1988). Changes in integrative complexity prior to surprise attacks. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 32, 626-635.

Ballard, E.J., & Suedfeld, P. (1988). Performance ratings of Canadian Prime Ministers: Individual and situational factors. Political Psychology, 9, 291-302.

Suedfeld, P., Bluck, S., Ballard, E. J., & Baker-Brown, G. (1990). Canadian federal elections: Motive profiles and integrative complexity in political speeches and popular media. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 22, 26-36.

Suedfeld, P., & Wallbaum, A. B. C. (1992). Modifying integrative complexity in political thought: Value conflict and audience disagreement. International Journal of Psychology, 26, 19-36.

Suedfeld, P., Tetlock, P. E., & Streufert, S. (1992). Conceptual/integrative complexity. In C. P. Smith, J. W. Atkinson, D. C. McClelland, & J. Veroff (Eds.), Motivation and personality: Handbook of thematic content analysis (pp. 393-400). New York: Cambridge University Press.
[Available at the Electronic Complexity Workshop]

Baker-Brown, G., Ballard, E. J., Bluck, S., de Vries, B., Suedfeld, P., & Tetlock, P. E. (1992). The conceptual/integrative complexity scoring manual. In C. P. Smith, J. W. Atkinson, D. C. McClelland, & J. Veroff (Eds.), Motivation and Personality: Handbook of thematic content analysis (pp. 401-418). New York: Cambridge University Press.
[Available at the Electronic Complexity Workshop]

Coren, S., & Suedfeld, P. (1990). A power test of conceptual complexity: Textual correlates. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 20, 357-367.

Suedfeld, P. (1992). Cognitive managers and their critics. Political Psychology, 13, 435-453.

Suedfeld, P., & Coren, S. (1992). Cognitive correlates of conceptual complexity. Personality and Individual Differences, 13, 1193-1199.

Suedfeld, P. (1992). Bilateral relations between countries and the complexity of newspaper editorials. Political Psychology, 13, 601-611.

Suedfeld, P., & Bluck, S. (1993). Changes in integrative complexity accompanying significant life events: Historical evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 64, 124-130.

Suedfeld, P., Wallace, M. D., & Thachuk, K. L. (1993). Changes in integrative complexity among Middle East leaders during the Persian Gulf crisis. Journal of Social Issues, 49(4), 183-199.

Suedfeld, P. (1994). President Clinton's policy dilemmas: A cognitive analysis. Political Psychology, 15, 337-349.

Suedfeld, P., Bluck, S., Loewen, L., & Elkins, D. (1994). Sociopolitical values and integrative complexity of members of student political groups. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 26, 121-141.

Suedfeld, P., Bluck, S., & Ballard, E. J. (1994). The effects of emotional involvement and psychological distance in integrative complexity. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 24, 443-452.

Granatstein, J. L., & Suedfeld, P. (1994). Tommy Burns as a military leader: A case study using integrative complexity. Canadian Military History, 3, 63-67.

Coren, S., & Suedfeld, P. (1995). Personality correlates of conceptual complexity. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 10, 229-242.

Suedfeld, P., & Granatstein, J. L. (1995). Leader complexity in personal and professional crises: Concurrent and retrospective information processing. Political Psychology, 16, 509-522.

Guttieri, K., Wallace, M. D., & Suedfeld, P. (1995). The integrative complexity of American decision makers in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 39, 595-621.

Suedfeld, P. (1996). Thematic content analyses: Nomothetic methods for using holocaust survivor narratives in psychological research. Holocaust Genocide Studies, 10, 168-180.

Suedfeld, P., & Wallace, M. (1995). President Clinton as a cognitive manager. In S. A. Renshon (Ed.), The Clinton Presidency (pp. 215-233). Oxford: Westview Press.

Suedfeld, P., de Vries, B., Bluck, S., Wallbaum, A. B. C., & Schmidt, P. W. (1996). Intuitive perceptions of decision-making strategy: Naive assessors' concepts of integrative complexity. International Journal of Psychology, 31, 177-190.

Wallace, M., Suedfeld, P. & Thachuk, K. A. (1996). Failed leader or successful peacemaker? Crisis, behavior, and cognitive processes of Mikhail Sergeyevitch Gorbachev. Political Psychology, 17, 453-471.

Lavallee, L., & Suedfeld, P. (1997). Conflict in Clayquot Sound: Using thematic content analysis to understand psychological aspects of environmental controversy. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 29(3), 194-209.

Suedfeld, P., Fell, C., & Krell, R. (1998). Structural aspects of survivors' thinking about the Holocaust. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 11, 323-336.

Suedfeld, P., Lavallee, L., & Brough, J. (1998). Political language in an environmental controversy: Integrative complexity and motive imagery in advocacy propaganda and the press. In O. Feldman & C. De Landtsheer (Eds.), Politically speaking: A worldwide examination of language used in the public sphere (pp. 170-183). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Suedfeld, P. (2000). Domain-related variation in integrative complexity: A measure of political importance and responsiveness? Clinton, Gingrich, Gorbachev, and various Canadian political leaders. In O. Feldman & C. De Landtsheer (Eds.), Beyond public speech and symbols: Explorations in the rhetoric of politicians and the media (pp. 17-34). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Suedfeld, P., & Tetlock, P.E. (2001). Individual differences in information processing. In A. Tesser & N. Schwartz (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of social psychology: Intraindividual processes (pp. 284-304). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Conway, L. G. III, Suedfeld, P., & Tetlock, P. E. (2001). Integrative complexity and political decisions that lead to war or peace. In D. J. Christie, R. V. Wagner, & D. D. N. Winter (Eds.), Peace, conflict, and violence: Peace psychology for the 21st century (pp. 66-75). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Suedfeld, P. (2000). Cognitive styles: Personality. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.-in-Chief), Encyclopedia of psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 166-169). Washington, DC and New York: American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.

Suedfeld, P., Conway, L. G. III., & Eichhorn, D. (2001). Studying Canadian leaders at a distance. In O. Feldman and L. O. Valenty (Eds.), Profiling political leaders (pp. 3-19). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Suedfeld, P., & Leighton, D. C. (2002). Early communications in the war against terrorism: An integrative complexity analysis. Political Psychology, 23, 585-599.

Suedfeld, P., Guttieri, K., & Tetlock, P. E. (2003). Assessing integrative complexity at a distance: Archival analyses of thinking and decision making (pp. 246-272). Suedfeld, P., & Tetlock, P. E. (2003). President Clinton: Cognitive manager in trouble (pp. 328-332). Suedfeld, P. (2003). Saddam Hussein's integrative complexity under stress (pp. 391-396). In J. M. Post (Ed.), The Psychological assessment of political leaders: With profiles of Saddam Hussein and Bill Clinton. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.

Suedfeld, P. (2003). Integrative complexity of western and terrorist leaders in the war against the Afghan terrorist regime. Psicología Política, 27, 79-91.

Conway, L.G. III, Suedfeld, P., & Clements, S.M. (2003). Beyond the American reaction: Integrative complexity of Middle Eastern leaders during the 9/11 crisis. Psicología Política, 27, 93-103.

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