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