You will be provided with a reference and some statements. Please determine whether each statement is 'supported', 'unsupported', or 'unknown' with respect to the reference. Please note:
First, assess whether the reference contains any valid content. If the reference contains no valid information, such as a 'page not found' message, then all statements should be considered 'unknown'.
If the reference is valid, for a given statement: if the facts or data it contains can be found entirely or partially within the reference, it is considered 'supported' (data accepts rounding); if all facts and data in the statement cannot be found in the reference, it is considered 'unsupported'.

You should return the result in a JSON list format, where each item in the list contains the statement's index and the judgment result, for example:
[
    {
        "idx": 1,
        "result": "supported"
    },
    {
        "idx": 2,
        "result": "unsupported"
    }
]

Below are the reference and statements:
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need for closure | Arie Kruglanski



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Need For Closure

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The Need For Closure Scale (NFCS)
Need for closure is the desire for certainty. The need for closure scale measures the degree to which a person has that desire. People who obtain high scores on this scale value order, dislike ambiguity, make decisions, and form impressions quickly and have strong opinions.
The original NFCS was developed and published in 1994 by Webster and Kruglanski. An updated version of the NFCS, was published in 2007 by Roets and Van Hiel.

PLEASE NOTE: When reporting results both scales need to be referenced.

Webster, D. M., & Kruglanski, A. W. (1994). Individual differences in need for cognitive closure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67(6), 1049–1062.

Roets, A., & Van Hiel, A. (2007). Separating ability from need: Clarifying the dimensional structure of the need for closure scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33(2), 266-280.

The NFCS comes in two versions: a full 41 item questionnaire and a short 15 item questionnaire.

The NFCS can be computed as a total NFC score by adding all the items. It is also possible to derive sub-scale scores for each of the five sub-scales, by summing up items according to their sub scale designation. The designations are indicates as as follows:

‘a’— measure the need for order,

‘b’ –- measure the need for predictability,

‘c’— measure decisiveness,

‘d’— measure avoidance of ambiguity,

‘e’— measure closed mindedness.
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<statements>
1. The psychological construct of the Need for Cognitive Closure (NFCC), formulated within Arie Kruglanski’s theory of lay epistemics, describes an individual’s desire for a definitive answer to a question and a pronounced aversion toward ambiguity, uncertainty, and confusion.
2. Psychometrically established by Webster and Kruglanski and subsequently refined by Roets and Van Hiel to decouple motivational drive from perceived cognitive capacity, NFCC is organized across five distinct structural facets.
3. The preference for order captures an individual’s dispositional inclination toward neatness, systemization, and structured environments, reflecting a deep discomfort with chaotic, unorganized data.
4. The preference for predictability denotes the craving for stable, immutable knowledge across temporal and situational contexts, enabling consistent behavioral and cognitive expectations.
5. Intolerance of ambiguity represents the acute psychological distress, tension, and cognitive dissonance experienced when confronted with equivocal, grey, or conflicting information.
6. Closed-mindedness reflects the active defensive resistance to having one’s acquired convictions challenged, updated, or destabilized by alternative perspectives or emergent counter-evidence.
7. Finally, decisiveness characterizes the urgency to finalize deliberations and terminate the decision-making process as expeditiously as possible.
8. The Need for Cognitive Closure occupies a foundational, architectonic role in shaping how individuals interact with the contemporary information ecosystem.
</statements>

Begin the assessment now. Output only the JSON list, without any conversational text or explanations.