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Rational-Experiential Inventory (REI) Test

Learn how you balance logical analysis and intuition in about 7 minutes. Use the results to tailor learning, improve communication, and make decisions faster with more confidence.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

4/5

Engagement (II) (E)

Measures how frequently a person relies on intuitive, experience- and feeling-based thinking in everyday decisions.

Infrequent

Occasional

Frequent

1 – 2.6: Infrequent | 2.7 – 3.8: Occasional | 3.9 – 5: Frequent

A score of 4 falls in the Frequent range, suggesting you often use intuition to guide decisions in day-to-day situations.

example score

3/5

Ability (IS) (A)

Measures the strength of intuitive abilities such as perception, premonition, and spontaneous decision-making.

Lower intuition

Moderate intuition

Higher intuition

1 – 2.7: Lower intuition | 2.8 – 4: Moderate intuition | 4.1 – 5: Higher intuition

A score of 3 indicates a moderate level of intuitive ability, suggesting you sometimes rely on quick, experience-based impressions but also often look for additional confirmation.

example score

2/5

Intuition (I)

Measures the tendency to rely on intuitive, fast, feeling- and experience-based impressions when making decisions.

Lower intuition

Moderate intuition

Higher intuition

1 – 2.5: Lower intuition | 2.6 – 3.9: Moderate intuition | 4 – 5: Higher intuition

A score of 2 falls in the Lower intuition range, suggesting you tend to rely less on spontaneous, sensory impressions and more on other decision-making approaches in everyday situations.

example score

3/5

Rational Use (RU)

Measures how often a person relies on a rational, analytical thinking style in everyday situations.

Infrequent use

Moderate use

Frequent use

1 – 2.6: Infrequent use | 2.7 – 3.9: Moderate use | 4 – 5: Frequent use

A score of 3 indicates a moderate tendency to apply rational, fact-based analysis in daily decision-making.

example score

3/5

Ability (A)

Measures rational abilities such as logical analysis and critical evaluation of information.

Lower rational abilities

Moderate rational abilities

High rational abilities

1 – 2.6: Lower rational abilities | 2.7 – 3.9: Moderate rational abilities | 4 – 5: High rational abilities

A score of 3 falls in the moderate range, suggesting a balanced level of rational-analytical ability that is present but not strongly pronounced.

example score

3/5

Rationality (R)

Measures the extent to which a person tends to rely on logical, analytical, and evidence-based thinking when making decisions.

Low rationality

Moderate rationality

High rationality

1 – 2.6: Low rationality | 2.7 – 3.9: Moderate rationality | 4 – 5: High rationality

A score of 3 indicates a moderate tendency to use logical analysis, with flexibility to also rely on other modes of processing depending on the situation.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Personal growth seekers

41%OF USERS

People curious about their decision-making style take it to understand when they rely on logic versus gut feeling and how that affects everyday choices.

Coaches and consultants

34%OF USERS

Practitioners use it to quickly gauge a client’s dominant thinking mode and choose communication, motivation, and problem-solving approaches accordingly.

Students and career changers

25%OF USERS

Those choosing a study path or new role take it to see whether they learn and work best through structured analysis or intuitive, experience-based thinking.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Use of AI (UoA)

Average

3.6

Normal range

2.9 — 4.2

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Abilities (AI) (A()

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2.1

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1.4 — 2.8

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Intuition (I)

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3.2

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2.7 — 3.7

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Usage (AI) (U()

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3.9

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3.2 — 4.5

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Abilities (PC) (A()

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3.3 — 4.7

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Rationality (R)

Average

3.2

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2.6 — 3.9

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Completely disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Completely agree

These are 3 of the 38 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Rational-Experiential Inventory (REI) Test - Symptoms and Signs

analyticity

cognitive style

This self-report measure assesses individual differences in thinking style, with a focus on rational-analytic and intuitive-experiential processing. The Rational-Experiential Inventory (REI) is intended to characterize the degree to which a respondent tends to rely on deliberate, logical evaluation versus rapid, affectively informed judgment. It consists of 38 items and typically takes about 7 minutes to complete.

Items are rated using a fixed response format and yield separate indicators corresponding to the two processing modes, which may be interpreted as relatively independent dimensions rather than mutually exclusive categories. The Rational-Experiential Inventory (REI) was developed by Rosemary Pacini and may be used in clinical, counseling, and research contexts to inform case formulation, communication strategies, and hypotheses about decision-making preferences, while recognizing that results should be integrated with other assessment data.

Author: Rosemary Pacini, Seymour Epstein

Literature: Evans, J. St. B. T. Dual-processing accounts of reasoning, judgment, and social cognition. Annual Review of Psychology. 2008.; Kahneman, D. Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2011.; Pacini, R., & Epstein, S. The relation of rational and experiential information processing styles to personality, basic beliefs, and the ratio-bias phenomenon. Personality and Individual Differences. 1999.