The Scholarly Rigor Scale measures the disposition to work hard to interpret and achieve an in depth understanding of complex or abstract material. High scorers are not put off by the need to read a difficult text or to analyze complicated situations or problems. They express strong intellectual curiosity. Low scores are indicative of a significant failure to express the disposition to comprehensively seek new knowledge and examine new content in depth. The opposite of a person with a strong disposition toward scholarly rigor is one disposed strongly toward being mentally lazy, sloppy, and apathetic, or even hostile toward detailed and careful inquiry.