Rational-Experiential Inventory.
REI (REI-40)
- What it measures
- Dual-process thinking styles - Rational ability and engagement (analytic, deliberative) and Experiential ability and engagement (intuitive, faith in intuition)
- Length and format
- 40 (REI-40: 4 subscales of 10); REI-31 and REI-10 short forms. 5-pt Likert (agreement / true of me) (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- 20+ langs approx incl. DE, ES, IT, NL, PT, ZH, JA, KO, TR, PL, FA, HE
- Normative data
- Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
- Licence
- open with attribution
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- Reference
- Pacini R, Epstein S. The relation of rational and experiential information processing styles to personality, basic beliefs, and the ratio-bias phenomenon. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1999;76(6):972-987.
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