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