Innovativeness and Cognitive Complexity

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ID13670940
AuthorsRonald E Goldsmith (Florida State University, corresponding author), Nicholas Nugent (0000-0001-7337-2962, Florida State University)
Year1984
Volume55
Issue2
Pages431-438
Publication date1984-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1984.55.2.431
OpenAlexW2061652842
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

Innovativeness and cognitive complexity are hypothesized to be positively related. Since both constructs seem to be multi-dimensional, the methodological validity of the relationship is an especially important issue. Two studies were conducted using different measures of each construct. In the first, 82 undergraduates completed the Innovativeness Scale, the Open Processing Scale, and the Rep Test. The correlation between the two innovativeness scales was high, but the two with the cognitive complexity measure were non-significant. In the second, 81 undergraduates completed the Innovativeness Scale, the Open Processing Scale, and the Role Category Questionnaire. The innovativeness scales were highly correlated, but no significant correlations were found with the cognitive complexity measure. It seems that innovativeness is related, if at all, only with cognitive integration, not with cognitive differentiation

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