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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Actively open-minded thinking (AOT) involves considering alternative views and evidence.
  • Existing AOT scales are primarily questionnaires, risking contamination as the concept expands to areas like fake news and misinformation.
  • A 25-year research history informs the development of a refined AOT scale.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the history and measurement of actively open-minded thinking (AOT).
  • To present a new, brief, 13-item AOT scale addressing prior criticisms.
  • To explain why AOT scales predict performance on heuristics and biases tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Review of 25 years of research on actively open-minded thinking (AOT).
  • Development and presentation of a new 13-item AOT scale.
  • Analysis of the relationship between AOT scales and performance on cognitive tasks.

Main Results:

  • AOT scales are strong predictors of performance on heuristics and biases tasks and avoidance of reasoning traps.
  • The new 13-item scale is brief and incorporates refinements.
  • AOT scales predict cognitive decoupling and decontextualization, essential for modernity.

Conclusions:

  • The new AOT scale offers a brief and improved measure.
  • AOT scales effectively tap cognitive processes crucial for rational thinking in modern society.
  • AOT scales predict rational thought but paradoxically do not predict the avoidance of myside thinking.