The relation between the personality factors extraversion, neuroticism, general cognitive aptitude and critical thinking
The relation between the personality factors extraversion, neuroticism, general cognitive aptitude and critical thinking

Summary/Abstract: This research aimed to study the relationship between the personality factors extraversion, neuroticism, the general cognitive aptitudes and the critical thinking. The research group consisted of 709 participants, with the mean age of 19.59 years (SD = 4.72) of which 463 university students and 246 school students. The following tests were applied to the participants: Eysenck's Personality Inventory (EPI) form A, a Romanian version of Watson-Glaser’s critical thinking test, and the East-West IQ test for evaluating the general intelligence. As far as the Introversion–Extraversion dimension is concerned, our results (p < 0.001) showed that the introverted participants have significant better results at the critical thinking test. Participants who scored low on neuroticism had significantly higher scores (p < 0.001) on the critical thinking variable compared to those who had high scores for the neuroticism variable. Significant differences had been observed between different levels of IQ and critical thinking. There is also a significant relationship (r = 0.31; p < 0.001) between the age of the participants and the result on critical thinking. The conclusions lead to the possibility of highlighting the importance of some personal aspects, as personality, in order to identify the potential to achieve a reasonable (focused on compare and decide) way of thinking.

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