Form: Multiple Stimulus Types Ambiguity Tolerance Scale-I, MSTAT-I

I don't tolerate ambiguous situations well.

I find it difficult to respond when faced with an unexpected event.

I don't think new situations are any more threatening than familiar situations.

I'm drawn to situations which can be interpreted in more than one way.

I would rather avoid solving a problem that must be viewed from several different perspectives.

I try to avoid situations which are ambiguous.

I am good at managing unpredictable situations.

I prefer familiar situations to new ones.

Problems which cannot be considered from just one point of view are a little threatening.

I avoid situations which are too complicated for me to easily understand.

I am tolerant of ambiguous situations.

I enjoy tackling problems which are complex enough to be ambiguous.

I try to avoid problems which don't seem to have only one «best» solution.

I often find myself looking for something new, rather than trying to hold things constant in my life.

I generally prefer novelty over familiarity.

I dislike ambiguous situations.

Some problems are so complex that just trying to understand them is fun.

I have little trouble coping with unexpected events.

I pursue problem situations which are so complex some people call them «mind boggling».

I find it hard to make a choice when the outcome is uncertain.

I enjoy an occasional surprise.

I prefer a situation in which there is some ambiguity.