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