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Cognitive flexibility as a meta-competency / Flexibilidad cognitiva como meta-competencia

Yu, Calvin; Beckmann, Jens F.; Birney, Damian P.

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Calvin Yu

Damian P. Birney



Abstract

There exists a large body of research that has studied cognitive flexibility as an executive function assessed through shifting and set-switching tasks. This approach has been criticized as overly narrow and reductionist, thereby undermining the relevance of cognitive flexibility beyond tightly controlled cognitive tasks. In light of such limitations, we review the extant literature and reflect on the understanding of cognitive flexibility as (1) an cognitive approach to novelty processing and (2) as a conative disposition towards novelty. We present a theoretical model of cognitive flexibility as a meta-competency reflected in adaptive performance which emerges as a strategic response to novelty in dynamic environments. This meta-competency draws on a confluence of cognitive and conative variables that are actively and adaptively harnessed by an individual under specific circumstances.

Citation

Yu, C., Beckmann, J. F., & Birney, D. P. (2019). Cognitive flexibility as a meta-competency / Flexibilidad cognitiva como meta-competencia. Studies in Psychology, 40(3), 563-584. https://doi.org/10.1080/02109395.2019.1656463

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 13, 2019
Online Publication Date Oct 28, 2019
Publication Date 2019
Deposit Date Oct 28, 2019
Publicly Available Date Oct 28, 2020
Journal Estudios de Psicologia: Studies in Psychology.
Print ISSN 0210-9395
Electronic ISSN 1579-3699
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 40
Issue 3
Pages 563-584
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/02109395.2019.1656463

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