“…The interest of researchers in this variable is usually connected with its relationship with learning and the functioning of the cognitive sphere (Luong et al, 2017;Maloney, Retanal, 2020;Oh, 2022) as well as education achievements (e.g., Colling, Wollschläger, Keller, Preckel, Fischbach, 2022;Strobel, Behnke, Gärtner, Strobel, 2019;von Stumm, Ackerman, 2013). As indicated by research (Petty, Brińol, Loersch, McCaslin, 2009), the need for cognition is not only the tendency to engage in cognitive activities, but also in social situations that are intellectually and emotionally demanding.…”