> Psychological research on the need for cognition has been conducted using self-report tests, where research participants answered a series of statements such

> Psychological research on the need for cognition has been conducted using self-report tests, where research participants answered a series of statements such as "I prefer my life to be filled with puzzles that I must solve" and were scored on how much they felt the statements represented them. This seems counter intuitive to me; I would consider myself someone that has a "need for cognition", but I am good at puzzles precisely because _I do not like being puzzled_. When I encounter something that doesn't make sense to me (a puzzle), it disturbs me so that I need to solve the puzzle and figure out why my assumptions were incorrect. I therefore dislike puzzles and I do not want them in my life. Puzzles are a contradiction of my assumptions. Maybe this is all "intolerance of ambiguity"