Cognitive style#Kirton.27s model of cognitive style

The Kirton Adaption - Innovation Inventory ( KAI ) is a psychometric analysis of individuals preferred style regarding changes. The KAI is detected by a questionnaire.

Model

The British psychologist MJ Kirton examined the problem-solving behavior of people and found slight differences. There are people who are changes in small portions, prefer schrittchenweise. You like to stick to the traditional and shy away from the risk. He calls this attitude " adaptive" ( adapting ). Others prefer rapid changes, jumps developing radically new. This behavior he calls "innovative".

The KAI is based on three subscales, one of which Kirton claimed to be correlated. Kirton names the subscales as follows:

R. L. Payne describes the relationships between the individual characteristics and the measurement results as a correlate weakly with each other. In addition W.G.K. represents Taylor based on empirical studies, the view that the SO- scale is better split into two scales, one for idea generation and one for preference of stability versus change.

To determine the KAI presented Kirton questionnaire together. His theory according to the average of mankind is set to its index exactly to 100. A value less than 100 indicates above average tendency to adaptive behavior, a value above 100 above average " innovative " behavior.

After Jane Henry is a good psychological test meets three criteria. He is

  • Valid, that is, the test measures what it claims to measure ( validity)
  • Reliable, that is, People answer the test at different times similar ( reliability), and
  • Free from the influence of social groups, that is, it is not easy to manipulate ( objectivity )

According to Bartram, the British Psychological Society the KAI- 1995 test evaluated in the dimensions with Adequate validity ( appropriate) and Reliability as Excellent ( excellent, with a correlation of > 0.85);

Implications for the behavior

The KAI manifests itself in the behavior of people. Henry appoints typical behavioral differences between adapters and innovators

The external perception (perception of a person by others) is influenced by the KAI. Others take adapters and innovators (Henry, 2001) as true

Also differ in the self-perception of adapters and innovators.

Adapters often have a low opinion of innovators, and innovators can see adapters as boring. Kirton claims that KAI relative, that is, should be considered as the distance of the values ​​on a scale between two persons. This distance determines whether one is perceived against a person other than innovative or adaptive. At a distance of 20 or more points Kirton predicts communication problems.

Even if the KAI gives an average of 100 on the total population, the mean values ​​are strongly deviating in different occupational groups. Henry (2001 ) gives the following table for clarity.

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