A distinction between dogmatic and rigid thinking.

"The purpose of this study was to investigate certain cognitive aspects of the phenomenon of dogmatism, to distinguish such aspects from rigidity, and to demonstrate the operation of personality organization upon cognitive behavior." The findings are in accord with the hypotheses posed and lend support to the validity of the formulation of the construct of dogmatism and its differentiation from rigidity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)