Instructions: For each of the statements below, please indicate to what extent the statement is characteristic of you. Please use the following scale:
1 = extremely uncharacteristic of you (not at all like you)
2 = somewhat uncharacteristic
3 = uncertain
4 = somewhat characteristic
5 = extremely characteristic of you (very much like you)
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1. I would prefer complex to simple problems.
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2. I like to have the responsibility of handling a situation that requires
a lot of thinking.
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3. Thinking is not my idea of fun.
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4. I would rather do something that requires little thought than
something that is sure to challenge my thinking abilities.
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5. I try to anticipate and avoid situations where there is a likely chance
I will have to think in depth about something.
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6. I find satisfaction in deliberating hard and for long hours.
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7. I only think as hard as I have to.
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8. I prefer to think about small, daily projects than long-term ones.
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9. I like tasks that require little thought once I’ve learned them.
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10. The idea of relying on thought to make my way to the top appeals to me.
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11. I really enjoy a task that involves coming up with new solutions
to problems.
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12. Learning new ways to think doesn’t excite me very much.
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13. I prefer my life to be filled with puzzles that I must solve.
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14. The notion of thinking abstractly is appealing to me.
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15. I would prefer a task that is intellectual, difficult, and important
to one that is somewhat important but does not require much thought.
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16. I feel relief rather than satisfaction after completing a task
that required a lot of mental effort.
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17. It’s enough for me that something gets the job done;
I don’t care how or why it works.
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18. I usually end up deliberating about issues even when they
do not affect me personally.
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