Psychologists and other mental health professionals commonly use five broad dimensions to describe human personality and psyche (link):
- Openness to experience (inventive/curious vs. consistent/cautious)
- Conscientiousness (efficient/organized vs. easy-going/careless)
- Extraversion (outgoing/energetic vs. solitary/reserved)
- Agreeableness (friendly/compassionate vs. challenging/detached)
- Neuroticism (sensitive/nervous vs. secure/confident)
Out of the above, the dimension most related to resistance to the claims of science is "Openness to experience." If theists are low in this dimension, they are less apt to objectively consider arguments against their beliefs. They tend to be incurious, hold conventional beliefs, and may be dogmatic and closed-minded.