Analysis of performance on a modified Wisconsin Card Sorting Test for the military
| Autor: | Cardy Moten III, Quinn Kennedy, Jonathan Alt, Peter Nesbitt |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 34-46 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2399-6439 2399-6447 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/JDAL-05-2017-0007/full/pdf?title=analysis-of-performance-on-a-modified-wisconsin-card-sorting-test-for-the-military |
| Popis: | Purpose – Current Army doctrine stresses a need for military leaders to have the capability to make flexible and adaptive decisions based on a future unknown environment, location and enemy. To assess a military decision maker’s ability in this context, this paper aims to modify the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test which assesses cognitive flexibility, into a military relevant map task. Thirty-four military officers from all service branches completed the map task. Design/methodology/approach – The purpose of this study was to modify a current psychological task that measures cognitive flexibility into a military relevant task that includes the challenge of overcoming experiential bias, and understand underlying causes of individual variability in the decision-making and cognitive flexibility behavior of active duty military officers on this task. Findings – Results indicated that non-perseverative errors were a strong predictor of cognitive flexibility performance on the map task. Decomposition of non-perseverative error into efficient errors and random errors revealed that participants who did not complete the map task changed their sorting strategy too soon within a series, resulting in a high quantity of random errors. Originality/value – This study serves as the first step in customizing cognitive psychological tests for a military purpose and understanding why some military participants show poor cognitive flexibility. |
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