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