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Personality and time on task: The role of conscientiousness in attention and information acquisition

The relationship between conscientiousness, attention, and information acquisition was explored One-hundred and twenty-eight participants were tested on the content of three reading passages and administered the NEO-PI-R along with an attention questionnaire. Highly conscientious individuals significantly outscored low-conscientious individuals on both attention and information acquisition. Attention did not significantly interact with conscientiousness for information acquisition. The results of this study suggest disparate facets of conscientiousness are related to attention and information acquisition.

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