110 college students were given the Paranormal Belief Scale and a 10 (people) × 15 (constructs) form of Kelly's (1955) Role Construct Repertory Grid from which a measure of cognitive complexity (differentiation of the person's personal construct system) was derived. Contrary to hypothesis, no relationship was found between cognitive complexity scores and endorsement of paranormal beliefs.
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