# PWR-104 — Cognitive flexibility: learner worksheet Release: Revision 7T · Full Tutorial Edition Estimated time: Estimated 18 min reading and worksheet pass Difficulty: Introductory Equipment: Basic stationery or digital tools — The twelve-row completed fictional sorting log below; Rule A card: colour — teal to Bin 1 and amber to Bin 2; Rule B card: shape — circle to Bin 1 and triangle to Bin 2; A scoring sheet with correct, perseveration and other-error columns; The staged key, kept closed until every fictional choice is classified Space: Desk / seated Automated structural checklist: 10 of 10 structural checks present Evidence quality/context: G2; Detailed research depth Automated method-quality band: Established Method-rating basis: Structure coverage, instruction/check specificity, alternative distinctness, source troubleshooting, comparison depth and whether purpose/check fields are authored rather than derived. Editorial review: Pending manual editorial sign off ## Before you begin - [ ] I read the tutorial authority and stop conditions. - [ ] I have the required equipment/space or a declared accessible alternative. ## Canonical source context This tutorial teaches how to audit a completed two-rule card-sort record without asking anyone to sort cards. You will derive the correct bin from the visible rule, compare it with a fictional chosen bin, and call an error perseveration only when the old rule predicts the recorded wrong response. You will also separate a supported repeat from the first switch and keep personality, autism and clinical claims out of the result. Target outcome: Define cognitive flexibility without inheriting mythology or broader claims. Explain what the current evidence supports and what it does not establish. Use the declared measurement boundary and recognise misleading proxies. Complete the current learning route without converting it into unauthorised capability practice. Make a retention, transfer, maintenance, provider or stop decision without overclaiming. ### Authority and setup conditions - Governance ceiling: explanation and static fictional record analysis only. Capability self-practice, live administration, protocol delivery and efficacy claims are not authorised until the recorded next_gate adjudication changes. - Use only the supplied completed fictional sorting log. Do not administer cards, hide rules, surprise a participant, remove support or increase switches. - The record cannot establish flexibility, rigidity, autism, obsessive symptoms, personality, creativity or cognitive health. ### Required or supplied materials - The twelve-row completed fictional sorting log below - Rule A card: colour — teal to Bin 1 and amber to Bin 2 - Rule B card: shape — circle to Bin 1 and triangle to Bin 2 - A scoring sheet with correct, perseveration and other-error columns - The staged key, kept closed until every fictional choice is classified ### Supplied fixture Completed fictional choices. Derive the correct bin from the active rule before opening the staged key. | Pass | Trial | Cue visible | Card | Active rule | Fictional chosen bin | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 1 | Rule A | teal circle | Colour | 1 | | 1 | 2 | Rule A | amber triangle | Colour | 2 | | 1 | 3 | Rule A | teal triangle | Colour | 1 | | 1 | 4 | Rule A | amber circle | Colour | 2 | | 1 | 5 | CHANGE → Rule B | teal triangle | Shape | 1 | | 1 | 6 | Rule B | amber circle | Shape | 2 | | 1 | 7 | Rule B | teal circle | Shape | 1 | | 1 | 8 | Rule B | amber triangle | Shape | 2 | | 2 | 9 | Rule A | teal triangle | Colour | 1 | | 2 | 10 | Rule A | amber circle | Colour | 2 | | 2 | 11 | LARGE CHANGE → Rule B | amber circle | Shape | 1 | | 2 | 12 | Rule B remains visible | teal triangle | Shape | 2 | ## 1. Write STATIC LOG ANALYSIS ONLY Write STATIC LOG ANALYSIS ONLY. Do not ask anyone to place a card. Why: “Write STATIC LOG ANALYSIS ONLY” fixes the exact Cognitive flexibility configuration or decision before later observations are compared. Success check: A legible entry directly completes “Write STATIC LOG ANALYSIS ONLY” and records the requested condition, decision or boundary without adding a new claim. Accessible alternative: Complete the same research action — “Write STATIC LOG ANALYSIS ONLY. Do not ask anyone to place a card.” — using speech-to-text, text-to-speech, enlarged text, keyboard-only navigation, shorter work blocks or a support person. Preserve this declared check: “A legible entry directly completes “Write STATIC LOG ANALYSIS ONLY” and records the requested condition, decision or boundary without adding a new claim.” Do not convert the research task into capability practice. Alternative relationship: Target preserving when declared check is preserved Learner notes: ________________________________________________________________________________ Completed: [ ] ## 2. For each row, read the active rule before the card For each row, read the active rule before the card. Derive the correct bin from that rule and ignore the previous rule until error classification. Why: “For each row, read the active rule before the card” isolates the named evidence distinction so the learner can interpret Cognitive flexibility without extending the claim. Success check: The output directly answers “For each row, read the active rule before the card”, names the relevant distinction and stays within the supplied record. Accessible alternative: Complete the same research action — “For each row, read the active rule before the card. Derive the correct bin from that rule and ignore the previous rule until error classification.” — using speech-to-text, text-to-speech, enlarged text, keyboard-only navigation, shorter work blocks or a support person. Preserve this declared check: “The output directly answers “For each row, read the active rule before the card”, names the relevant distinction and stays within the supplied record.” Do not convert the research task into capability practice. Alternative relationship: Target preserving when declared check is preserved Learner notes: ________________________________________________________________________________ Completed: [ ] ## 3. Compare the derived bin with the fictional chosen bin Compare the derived bin with the fictional chosen bin. Mark CORRECT when they match. Why: “Compare the derived bin with the fictional chosen bin” keeps this lesson inside its declared record-analysis boundary and prevents the supplied scenario from being mistaken for physical practice. Success check: The output directly answers “Compare the derived bin with the fictional chosen bin”, names the relevant distinction and stays within the supplied record. Accessible alternative: Complete the same research action — “Compare the derived bin with the fictional chosen bin. Mark CORRECT when they match.” — using speech-to-text, text-to-speech, enlarged text, keyboard-only navigation, shorter work blocks or a support person. Preserve this declared check: “The output directly answers “Compare the derived bin with the fictional chosen bin”, names the relevant distinction and stays within the supplied record.” Do not convert the research task into capability practice. Alternative relationship: Target preserving when declared check is preserved Learner notes: ________________________________________________________________________________ Completed: [ ] ## 4. For a wrong choice after a switch, calculate what the old rule… For a wrong choice after a switch, calculate what the old rule would have selected. Mark PERSEVERATION only when the recorded wrong bin matches that old-rule answer. Why: “For a wrong choice after a switch, calculate what the old rule would have selected” creates the auditable value, condition or statement needed for the tutorial’s later comparison and conclusion. Success check: The work shows the value requested by “For a wrong choice after a switch, calculate what the old rule would have selected”, retains the supplied units or signs and leaves any unsupported value unknown. Accessible alternative: Complete the same research action — “For a wrong choice after a switch, calculate what the old rule would have selected. Mark PERSEVERATION only when the recorded wrong bin matches that old-rule answer.” — using speech-to-text, text-to-speech, enlarged text, keyboard-only navigation, shorter work blocks or a support person. Preserve this declared check: “The work shows the value requested by “For a wrong choice after a switch, calculate what the old rule would have selected”, retains the supplied units or signs and leaves any unsupported value unknown.” Do not convert the research task into capability practice. Alternative relationship: Target preserving when declared check is preserved Learner notes: ________________________________________________________________________________ Completed: [ ] ## 5. Mark any other wrong response OTHER ERROR Mark any other wrong response OTHER ERROR. A congruent card cannot uniquely show perseveration because both rules point to the same bin. Why: Keep this exact Cognitive flexibility action explicit and reviewable: “Mark any other wrong response OTHER ERROR. A congruent card cannot uniquely show perseveration because both rules point to the same bin.” Success check: Evidence of completion shows the learner followed this exact instruction without adding an unstated step: “Mark any other wrong response OTHER ERROR. A congruent card cannot uniquely show perseveration because both rules point to the same bin.” Accessible alternative: Complete the same research action — “Mark any other wrong response OTHER ERROR. A congruent card cannot uniquely show perseveration because both rules point to the same bin.” — using speech-to-text, text-to-speech, enlarged text, keyboard-only navigation, shorter work blocks or a support person. Preserve this declared check: “Evidence of completion shows the learner followed this exact instruction without adding an unstated step: “Mark any other wrong response OTHER ERROR. A congruent card cannot uniquely show perseveration because both rules point to the same bin.”” Do not convert the research task into capability practice. Alternative relationship: Target preserving when declared check is preserved Learner notes: ________________________________________________________________________________ Completed: [ ] ## 6. Report pre-switch, first-switch and supported-switch segments separately Report pre-switch, first-switch and supported-switch segments separately. Name cue, cards and phase order. Why: “Report pre-switch, first-switch and supported-switch segments separately” establishes the exact Cognitive flexibility question or boundary that every later comparison must preserve. Success check: Evidence of completion shows the learner followed this exact instruction without adding an unstated step: “Report pre-switch, first-switch and supported-switch segments separately. Name cue, cards and phase order.” Accessible alternative: Complete the same research action — “Report pre-switch, first-switch and supported-switch segments separately. Name cue, cards and phase order.” — using speech-to-text, text-to-speech, enlarged text, keyboard-only navigation, shorter work blocks or a support person. Preserve this declared check: “Evidence of completion shows the learner followed this exact instruction without adding an unstated step: “Report pre-switch, first-switch and supported-switch segments separately. Name cue, cards and phase order.”” Do not convert the research task into capability practice. Alternative relationship: Target preserving when declared check is preserved Learner notes: ________________________________________________________________________________ Completed: [ ] ## 7. Finish with a bounded statement: the record describes rule use in this… Finish with a bounded statement: the record describes rule use in this fictional sort only and does not measure a person. Why: “Finish with a bounded statement: the record describes rule use in this fictional sort only and does not measure a person” keeps this lesson inside its declared record-analysis boundary and prevents the supplied scenario from being mistaken for physical practice. Success check: A legible entry directly completes “Finish with a bounded statement: the record describes rule use in this fictional sort only and does not measure a person” and records the requested condition, decision or boundary without adding a new claim. Accessible alternative: Complete the same research action — “Finish with a bounded statement: the record describes rule use in this fictional sort only and does not measure a person.” — using speech-to-text, text-to-speech, enlarged text, keyboard-only navigation, shorter work blocks or a support person. Preserve this declared check: “A legible entry directly completes “Finish with a bounded statement: the record describes rule use in this fictional sort only and does not measure a person” and records the requested condition, decision or boundary without adding a new claim.” Do not convert the research task into capability practice. Alternative relationship: Target preserving when declared check is preserved Learner notes: ________________________________________________________________________________ Completed: [ ] ## Reflection What changed? ________________________________________________________________________________ What remains difficult? ________________________________________________________________________________ What will I repeat, adapt, ask for help with, or stop? ________________________________________________________________________________ --- Completion of this worksheet demonstrates tutorial participation only. It does not establish capability, qualification, safety clearance, diagnosis, treatment or independent validation.