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