need for cognition

A 25 question quiz designed to measure how much you enjoy learning new things and thinking about deep subjects. What do you score?

1. I prefer to live in the moment rather than think about the future.
2. Thinking is overrated because it often leads to "paralysis by analysis."
3. I'm always interested in finding new ways of looking at the same thing.
4. It's better to just jump into something rather than wait and plan.
5. Intelligence is one of the most important values in life.
6. Practice is always more important than theory.
7. I change my beliefs more often than the average person.
8. I spend a lot of time thinking about issues even when they don't affect me personally.
9. I like solving puzzles and complex problems.
10. I try to learn something new everyday.
11. I like tasks that require little thought once I've learned them.
12. I enjoy questioning and challenging my beliefs to see if they can be improved.
13. I enjoy reading books and articles about science and philosophy.
14. I often have debates with myself in my head.
15. I value my education more than the average person.
16. I prefer work that involves strategy, planning, and brainstorming.
17. I enjoy engaging in intellectual debates.
18. I'd rather take an easy class and get a good grade than take a difficult class and learn a lot.
19. I try to find the meaning or reasoning behind why things happen in my life.
20. I can spend long periods of time just sitting and thinking.
21. I consider myself a rational and logical person.
22. People think too much in general.
23. As long as it gets the job done, I don't care how or why it works.
24. I'm always coming up with new ideas even if I don't act on them.
25. I like coming up with my own theories about stuff in life.