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Rokeach Dogmatism Scale

a 66-item scale developed in 1960 to measure individual differences in openness or closedness of belief systems (i.e., dogmatism) across several continua, such as “isolation and differentiation between belief and nonbelief systems” and “interrelations among primitive, intermediate, and peripheral beliefs.” Some studies have found the scale more useful in assessing “general authoritarianism” and “general intolerance.” [Milton Rokeach (1918–1988), U.S. psychologist]

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November 21st 2024

CAT

CAT

1. abbreviation for California Achievement Tests.

2. abbreviation for Children’s Apperception Test.

3. abbreviation for the British version of the Cognitive Abilities Test.

4. abbreviation for computer adaptive testing.

5. acronym for computerized axial tomography (see computed tomography).