Are thinking styles and personality types related?

Are thinking styles and personality types related?

• Zhang, Li Fang Dept. of Education, University of Hong Kong

Educational Psychology, 20(3), 271-283, 2000

Routledge

2000

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AB Cognitive & Language Development, Perceptual & Intellectual Development
• B Human Behaviour
  • BA Personality

Cognitive Style Educational Research Foreign Countries Graduate Study Higher Education Personality Reliability Undergraduate Students Undergraduate Study Validity Hong Kong University of Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

The relationship between thinking styles and personality types is investigated within the contexts of Sternberg's theory of mental self-government and Holland's theory of personality types. A total of 600 university students from Hong Kong responded to the Thinking Styles Inventory (TSI) and the Short-version Self-directed Search (SVSDS) that was specially designed for the present study. A major finding of this study is that thinking styles and personality types overlap to a degree. A secondary finding is that the SVSDS is sufficiently reliable and valid for assessing Holland's personality types. Implications of both findings are discussed.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 01443410

• 10.1080/713663742

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/ab2e5392

2010-11-24