PERSONALITY AND DEMOGRAPHY IN COMPLEXITY-SIMPLICITY

USED POLYGONS OF VARYING DEGREES OF COMPLEXITY TO INVESTIGATE PERSONALITY (FLEXIBILITY-RIGIDITY, INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGMENT, AND ANXIETY) AND DEMOGRAPHIC (AGE, SEX, AND BIRTH ORDER) VARIABLES WHICH MIGHT BE RELATED TO COMPLEXITY-SIMPLICITY PREFERENCES. WITH 205 COLLEGE SS, COMPLEXITY SCORES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY RELATED TO ANXIETY AND TO AN INTERACTION OF ANXIETY * FLEXIBILITY-RIGIDITY; WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES, SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS FOR SEX AND AN INTERACTION OF AGE * SEX * BIRTH ORDER WERE OBTAINED, WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS RESEARCH ON COMPLEXITY. RESULTS SUPPORT THE VIEW OF COMPLEXITY-SIMPLICITY AS A PERSONALITY OR MOTIVATIONAL DIMENSION, AND PROVIDE MODEST SUPPORT FOR LINKING COMPLEXITY TO CREATIVITY. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.