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WS_N: Tolerance for ambiguity, creativity and personalitySEERCP 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria

Katya Stoycheva

Saturday, October 31, 2009

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Purpose

examine the measures of ambiguitytolerance

differentiate attitudes towards ambiguitytolerant and intolerant behaviours

outline the personality correlates ofambiguity tolerance

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AT Measures

AT questionnaires

Personality scales and sub-scales

Experimental tasks

Projective methods

Expert evaluation

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AT Questionnaires (I)

Walk’s Intolerance of Ambiguity Scale (O’Connor, 1952)

Coulter’s Intolerance of Ambiguity Scale (Eysenck, 1954)

Intolerance of Ambiguity Scale (Martin, Westie, 1959)

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AT Questionnaires (II)

Intolerance of Ambiguity Scale

(Budner, 1962)

АТ-20 Scale for Ambiguity Tolerance

(MacDonald, 1970)

Measure of Ambiguity Tolerance MAT-50 (Norton, 1975)

MSTAT-I

(McLain, 1993)

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AT Questionnaires (III)

Situational Test of Intolerance of Ambiguity (Bhushan, Amal, 1986)

Scale of Interpersonal Intolerance of Ambiguity (SIA) (Wolfradt, Pretz, 2001)

Uncertainty Tolerance (Dalbert, 1999).

Scale of Ambiguity Tolerance (Kischkel, 1984)

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InTA TAWalk’s Ambiguity Intolerance Scale 5 3(O’Connor, 1952)Coulter’s Intolerance of Ambiguity Scale 14 (Eysenk, 1954)Intolerance of Ambiguity Scale 8(Martin and Westie, 1959)Intolerance of Ambiguity Scale 8 8(Budner, 1962)AT-20 Scale for Ambiguity Tolerance 15(12) 5(4) (MacDonald, 1970) Measure of Ambiguity Tolerance 54(48) 7(4) (Norton, 1975) Measure of Tolerance for Ambiguity 12 10 (McLain, 1993)

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Ambiguity tolerant behaviours - TA

Puts to test him(her)self by experimenting in different situations.

Enjoys unexpected situations and surprises.

Prefers situations with no strict rules and no prescribed ways of doing things.

Apt to non-traditional profession.

Puts to test his (her) abilities with complex tasks which he (she) might not succeed to solve.

Willing to participate in new endeavours and to take risk.

He (she) is rather original and non-traditional in his (her) tastes and preferences.

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Ambiguity Ambiguity intolerant intolerant behaviours behaviours - - InTAInTA

Prefers well established aesthetic values.

Holds definite opinion and judgements about mostthings.

Chooses situations with clear chances for success.

Avoids risks.

Strictly follows the norms and rules set at home andat school.

Prefers to be on the safe side.

Prefers the well known certain things.

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TA and InTA differentiated as to:

preferences

individual and demographic factors

scales’ internal consistency

relation to AT

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Individual premises

Tolerance - Intolerance

of Ambiguity

Consequences for personality and behaviour

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intelligence

thinking skills

cognitive style

anxiety

rigidity

dogmatism

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political views

attitudes towards authority

risk taking

prejudices

values

preferences

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Katya Stoycheva (SEERCP, 2009)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Jacobs Foundation

NATO Research Fellowship

Laboratory of Cognition and DevelopmentUniversity Rene Descartes, Paris, France

Institute of Psychology, Academy of SciencesSofia, Bulgaria

The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in theHumanities and Social Sciences

WS_N: Tolerance for ambiguity, creativity and personalitySEERCP 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria

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