Rational Experiental Inventory (REI)
Psychology: Personality1 sample item
About this scale
People seem to have two different modes of thinking: The Rational Experiental Inventory measures to what degree people engage in these two modes of thinking. According to the model of the developers (Pacini & Epstein, 1999), the thinking style reflects part of people's personality. This work is based on Epstein's theoretical work, known as the Cognitive Exprimental Self Theory (CEST). You can read more about this here and here .
Sample item(s)
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Notes
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Source & citation
Pacini, R. and Epstein, S. (1999). The Relation of Rational and Experiential Information Processing Styles to Personality, Basic Beliefs, and the Ratio-Bias Phenomenon. Personality and Individual Differences, 76 , 972-987. | Daniel Kahneman on Thinking, Fast and Slow. Interview on YouTube . | Winerman, L. (2005). What we know without knowing how. APA Monitor, 36 , 50. Retrieved from here .
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