The correlation of cognitive flexibility, decision-making styles, implicit theories of intelligence and personality, and academic motivation of students

Abstract

The article is devoted to the discussion of the features of cognitive flexibilism, decision-making styles, implicit representation of intelligence and personality and academic motivation in technical university students. Two groups with high and average level of cognitive flexibilism were distinguished on the sample of 166 students on the basis of cluster analysis. The features of internal correlation factors between the indicators considered in the study in the groups distinguished by the level of flexibilism were shown. The greatest number of connections was found between the indices of general flexibilism and students’ intrinsic motivation, with implicit notions of intelligence and personality, and negatively with maladaptive coping. Regression analysis showed that predictors having the greatest influence on flexibilism are «Motivation for achievement», «Acceptance» of the theory of "increasing intelligence", "Vigilance" and "Extrinsic motivation".