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