23

If I am uncertain about the responsibilities of a job, I get very anxious.

0.404

0.441

27

I enjoy carefully rehashing my conversations in my mind afterwards.

0.181

29

If I don’t get the punch line of a joke, I don’t feel right until I understand it.

0.279

0.414

Factor 2: Moral Absolutism / Splitting (MA)

α = 0.78

α = 0.75

1

There are two kinds of people in the world: the weak and the strong.

0.735

0.961

4

A person either knows the answer to a question or he doesn’t.

0.640

0.809

7

There are two kinds of people: the “good” and the “bad”.

0.776

1.006

10

You can classify almost all people as either honest or crooked.

0.698

0.999

13

Personally, I tend to think that there is a right way and a wrong way to do almost everything.

0.529

16

Nothing gets accomplished in this world unless you stick to some basic rules.

0.223

19

There’s a right way and a wrong way to do almost everything.

0.387

0.533

24

A good job is one where what is to be done and how it is to be done are always clear.

0.447

26

A person is either a 100% patriotic or he isn’t.

0.558

0.724

30

Our thinking would be a lot better off if we would just forget about words like “probably,” “approximately,” “perhaps”.

0.383

0.539

Factor 3: Need for Complexity and Novelty (NC)

α = 0.84

α = 0.85

2

I pursue problem situations which are so complex some people call them “mind boggling”.

0.738

0.727

5

I often find myself looking for something new, rather than trying to hold things constant in my life.

0.439

8

I’m drawn to situations which can be interpreted in more than one way.

0.527

0.475

11

I generally prefer novelty over familiarity.

0.455

14

Vague and impressionistic pictures appeal to me more than realistic pictures.

0.405

17

I tend to like obscure or hidden symbolism.

0.603

0.541

20

Some problems are so complex that just trying to understand them is fun.

0.802

0.781

22

Generally, the more meanings a poem or story has, the better I like it.

0.332

25

It is more fun to tackle a complicated problem than to solve a simple one.

0.805

0.844

28

I enjoy tackling problems which are complex enough to be ambiguous.

0.822

0.788