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*Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS)*
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Script Author: David Nitz (dave@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC
Date: 05-05-2020
last updated: 05-05-2020 by D. Nitz (dave@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software LLC
Script Copyright © this implementation 05-05-2020 Millisecond Software
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BACKGROUND INFO
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This script implements a computerized adaptation of the short form of the Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS)
as described in:
Martin, M. M. & Rubin, R.B. (1995). A new measure of cognitive flexibility. Psychological Reports, 76, 623-626.
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OVERVIEW
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The CFS is a 12-item scale designed to assess cognitive flexibility.
Participants are asked to answer 12 6-point Likert-type questions with the following anchors:
"Strongly Agree", "Agree", "Slightly Agree", "Slightly Disagree", "Disagree" and "Strongly Disagree".
Scoring: To score the scale, simply sum up the response values of the 12 items.
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DURATION
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the default set-up of the script takes appr. 2 minutes to complete
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DATA FILE INFORMATION
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The default data stored in the data files are:
(1) Raw data file: 'cfs_survey*.iqdat'
date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber
subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id
build: the Inquisit build
q*_response: response given (in assigned values)
Scale: strongly agree (6) - strongly disagree (1)
R = automatically reversed scored questions
q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveypage with this particular
question (the last time this particular surveypage was visited)
(2) Summary data file: 'cfs_summary*.iqdat' (a separate file for each participant)
computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android)
inquisit.build: the version/build of Inquisit
script.startdate: date script was run
script.starttime: time script was started
script.subjectid: assigned subject id number
script.groupid: assigned group id number
script.sessionid: assigned session id number
script.elapsedtime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script
script.completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted);
1 = script was completed (all conditions run)
expressions.cfs_sum sum of responses to the 12 6-point questions
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INSTRUCTIONS
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can be edited under section Editable Parameters.
The original instructions are:
"The following statements deal with your beliefs and feelings about your own behavior. Read each statement
and respond by circling the number that best represents your agreement with each statement."
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EDITABLE CODE
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check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc.
Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code
to further customize your experiment.
The parameters you can change are:
/pageinstructions: the instructions that appear at the top of each surveypage