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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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Ambiguity Tolerance and PersonalityAmbiguity Tolerance and Personality
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Purpose
examine the measures of ambiguitytolerance
differentiate attitudes towards ambiguitytolerant and intolerant behaviours
outline the personality correlates ofambiguity tolerance
Katya Stoycheva (SEERCP 2009)
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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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Ambiguity Tolerance and Personality
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
THANK YOUTHANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION !FOR YOUR ATTENTION !
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