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The Personality Characteristics of the Rigid Learner.
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Dean, Raymond S.; Garabedian, A. Alexander – Journal of School Psychology, 1981
Investigated personality dimensions concomitant with learner's cognitive rigidity. Results indicated the personality dimensions of tenseness, compulsivity, group dependency, absent-mindedness, sensitivity, and emotional stability explained 36 percent of the variability in subjects' increasing levels of cognitive rigidity. Showed a pervasive use of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement