Curiosity and Need for Cognition
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 54 (1) , 71-74
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1984.54.1.71
Abstract
The present study hypothesized that individuals' need for cognition, which describes the dispositional tendency to engage in and enjoy thinking, would be related to questionnaire measures of curiosity for 148 adults. Scores on the Need for Cognition Scale were correlated with eight commonly used measures of curiosity of adults. With one exception, all values were statisically significant (mean r, .57) and added to the convergent validity of the Need for Cognition Scale. Relationships between need for cognition and social desirability, sex, and American College Testing scores were also examined.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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