Need for Cognition

The need for cognition refers to people’s tendency to engage in difficult cognitive activity. Or in simple terms, the willingness to think deeply.

For each item below, please select how characteristic or uncharacteristic the described feature is of you personally. Your answer should indicate how well the statement describes you. If you have done this survey before, you can do it again to replace your earlier answers.

The abbreviated version was developed by Gabriel Lins, Paul Hanel, and Lukas Wolf. The original 34-item assessment instrument was created in 1982 by John Cacioppo and Richard Petty. MyBioethics team is grateful for the collaboration.

Digital Object Identifiers:
10.1177/1073191118793208 and
10.1037/0022-3514.42.1.116, respectively.