Same or different? Clarifying the relationship of need for cognition to personality and intelligence

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-96

  Fleischhauer, Monika ^a   Enge, Sören ^a   Brocke, Burkhard ^a   Ullrich, Johannes ^b   Strobel, Alexander ^a   Strobel, Anja ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Cognitive motivation; Intelligence; Personality; Thinking disposition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOALS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STUDENTS; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749094695     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209351886     Document Type: Article

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