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Actively Open-Minded Thinking about Evidence Scale

AOTE
Cognition
8 items
~8 min
1 language
The Actively Open-Minded Thinking about Evidence (AOT-E) scale measures the meta-belief that one's beliefs should be revised in response to evidence. It was derived from the Stanovich and West (2007) AOT scale by Pennycook et al. (2020), who selected 8 items related to belief mutability from four AOT subscales (AOT, belief identification, dogmatism, and openness values). Participants respond on a 6-point scale from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 6 (Strongly agree). Items 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 are reverse-scored. Higher total scores indicate more actively open-minded thinking about evidence. The scale was validated in a Brazilian sample and published in Judgment and Decision Making (Bonafé-Pontes et al., 2025).

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Citation: Pennycook, G., Cheyne, J. A., Koehler, D. J., & Fugelsang, J. A. (2020). On the belief that beliefs should change according to evidence: Implications for conspiratorial, moral, paranormal, political, religious, and science beliefs. Judgment and Decision Making, 15(4), 476–498. Brazilian validation: Bonafé-Pontes, A., Costa Bastos, R., & Pilati, R. (2025). Actively Open-Minded Thinking About Evidence (AOT-E) Scale: Adaptation and evidence of validity in a Brazilian sample. Judgment and Decision Making, 20, e3.
License: CC BY 4.0
Imported from: OpenScales/scales/openscales/AOTE/AOTE.osd
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