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P006 · PUBLIC-DOMAIN IPIP

Need for cognition tendency

A public-domain IPIP item set with project translations.

This reports possible-scale positions only, not percentiles, norms, diagnosis, ability, or a fixed personality type.

Official English items and scoring key

IPIP representation of Need for Cognition (10 items)

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Chinese and Japanese are unvalidated project translations.

1/10/10 answered

How accurately does each statement describe you in general?

1. Like to solve complex problems.
2. Need things explained only once.
3. Can handle a lot of information.
4. Love to think up new ways of doing things.
5. Am quick to understand things.
6. Love to read challenging material.
7. Have difficulty understanding abstract ideas.
8. Try to avoid complex people.
9. Avoid difficult reading material.
10. Avoid philosophical discussions.