Measuring Cognitive Need Test - the question form

1. I would prefer a book with a title like "Amazing Facts About the World..." to a romance novel.

2. I can put aside even the most interesting book if I have things to do.

3. When I read, I often write down quotations and aphorisms.

4. I would prefer a bad detective novel to a good romance novel.

5. Unusual or new situations tend to frighten me more than they interest me.

6. My intellectual interests are practically useless.

7. I usually plan out new experiences for myself (e.g., books, lectures, museum visits, interesting meetings).

8. Out of curiosity and interest in new things, I can do a lot of unnecessary things, even at the expense of my own affairs.

9. I prefer making definitions, memorizing, organizing, classifying, and systematizing information rather than looking into causes or origins of phenomena and explaining them.

10. Out of curiosity and a desire to try a new approach, I am willing to risk failure.

11. My parents considered me an overly curious child.

12. My knowledge does not satisfy me; many things remain unclear.