Abstract
In the current study, it is aimed to determine the correlation between cognitive flexibility levels and goal orientation levels of the students who are preparing for special talent exams for sports, and to compare these in terms of various demographics. The study group of the research consists of students (n=351) preparing for special talent exams in order to study at faculties/schools of higher education of sports of the universities predetermined through convenience sampling method, which is a sampling method that is not based on probability, that will accept students for 2021-2022 academic year. 180 of the participants are female (51.3%) whereas 171 of them are male (48.7%). In the study, “Cognitive Flexibility Inventory” (CFI) and “Task and Ego Orientation in Sports Questionnaire” (TEOSQ) are used. In order to evaluate CFI and TEOSQ levels of the participants in terms of various demographic features, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation tests are used. Before the statistical analysis of the obtained data, skewness and kurtosis values of the data are calculated to determine if the data has normal distribution, and it is determined that the data has normal distribution. As a result of the research, it is determined that there is a significant and positive correlation between cognitive flexibility and task-oriented goals and ego-oriented goals. In addition, it is seen that there is a significant difference in control subscale of cognitive flexibility and goal-oriented and ego-oriented targets subscales of participants when the high schools of the participants are considered.
Highlights
Special talent is the capacity of an individual to learn mental or physical actions
The study group of the research consists of students preparing for special talent exams in order to study at faculties/schools of higher education of sports of the universities in 2021-2022 academic year predetermined through convenience sampling method (Bishop, 2017)
The table showing the scale score distribution, the table showing the correlation between cognitive flexibility and goal orientations of the participants, the table showing the differences of cognitive flexibility and goal orientation of the participants in terms of demographics were presented
Summary
Special talent is the capacity of an individual to learn mental or physical actions. It involves intelligence, creativity and performance of an individual (Özgüven, 1994, p. 4). Special talent exams are held in order to measure talents, knowledge, behaviors and predispositions levels of individuals and to select students for these institutions. During these exams, the student candidates are observed if they are aware of their ways out, if they can find different solutions and if they can facilitate control in case, they are not able to do what is required of them. It is highly probable that when preparing for special talent exams, students may experience underperformance due to the factors such as excitement, anxiety, lack of motivation This process is the indicator of how individuals develop their learning paths and strategies. The development of cognitive flexibility will help individuals to cope with the negative incidents that can emerge (Zahal, 2014, p. 1, 33, 89)
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