Cognitive Flexibility and Set-Switching Under Verbal and Non-verbal Tasks among School Adolescents

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Sandeep Kumar¹ and Satish Kumar² (Department of Psychology, Government College Jassia, Rohtak, Haryana¹ and Department of Psychology, Vaish College, Bhiwani, Haryana²
The present study aims to examine the relationship of executive processes through verbal and non-verbal tasks of set-switching with cognitive flexibility. For achieving the aim, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)-a measure of cognitive set-switching (non-verbal task), Anagram solution task following rule switching (verbal task), and Color-Word Stroop test-a measure of cognitive flexibility was administered to 296 school adolescents with an age range between 12 to 15 years. Results revealed a significant correlation between verbal and non-verbal measures of set switching and cognitive flexibility.