Abstract
This study investigates the psychometric properties of a well-set form of the Rational-Experiential Inventory (REI) for adolescents (REI-A20). Participants were 746 Iranian high school students (41...
Highlights
Cognitive psychologists and social psychology researchers know that people make decisions and respond to situations by employing two different but complementary processes (Chaiken & Trope, 1999)
We examined the correlation between academic performance and scores on the two scales
Many researchers have used this scale to investigate a variety of variables in personality (Pacini & Epstein, 1999), communication (Berger & Lee, 2007), health psychology (Saher & Lindeman, 2005), and decision-making domains (Bartels, 2006)
Summary
Cognitive psychologists and social psychology researchers know that people make decisions and respond to situations by employing two different but complementary processes (Chaiken & Trope, 1999). Behavior is determined jointly by two ways of processing, one way is often predominant. Predominance of one processing style depends on a variety of factors, including the importance of the decision, the information one has about the situation, past experiences, the extent of emotional involvement, and most importantly, the individual’s preference for relying on one system more than the other (Epstein, 2003; Epstein, Pacini, Denes-Raj, & Heier, 1996). The way we see the world, and our personality are shaped by the way we process information (Epstein, 2003; Pacini & Epstein, 1999)
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