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Typical Intellectual Engagement (TIE)

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Academic/epistemic curiosity; Cognitive investment; Intellectual involvement

Definition

TIE is a personality or preference variable that measures the extent to which an individual chooses and enjoys a variety of intellectual demanding activities.

Introduction

Differential psychology is crudely divided into those who are interested in personal preferences and typical performance based on self-report (questionnaires), and those who are interested in maximal performance or power tests that have correct and incorrect answers. The TIE scale is a self-report measure that is related to a preference for activities that correlate with crystallized intelligence, general knowledge, and academic performance.

Research on the TEI

As well as personal cognitive style measures of intelligence and processing, there have been for many years “trait” measures of intellectual curiosity, which are usually conceived of as stable traits related to both personality and intelligence. They have different...

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  1. Research Department of Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK

    Adrian Furnham

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  1. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  2. Oakland University, Rochester, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

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  1. Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Patrizia Velotti

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Furnham, A. (2017). Typical Intellectual Engagement (TIE). In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_879-1

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