THE ROLE OF ACTIVELY OPEN-MINDED THINKING AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS AND ITS IMPACT ON FUTURE TIME PERSPECTIVES

ABSTRACT

The AOT not only meets the developmental needs of individuals and society, nonetheless, it is one of multiple thinking styles providing standards for the evaluation of thinking, which plays a significant role in how humans reason the present and future issues (Svedholm-Hakkinen & Lindeman, 2018). [...]this type of thinking allows the individuals to deal effectively and openly deal with challenges in present and future situations (i.e., during covid-19 online teaching and assessments were used on a large scale). [...]it is useful for providing a criterion for judging what is appropriate for us in the present and the future (Baron, 2019). [...]the current study investigates the effect of AOT on individuals' future perspectives.