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The document describes a cognitive failure questionnaire used to measure absent-mindedness and minor errors in thinking. It contains 25 questions across 3 factors of forgetfulness, distractibility, and false triggering. Scores are interpreted for each dimension and discussed to suggest ways to improve cognition and overcome failures.

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Manual For CFQ

The document describes a cognitive failure questionnaire used to measure absent-mindedness and minor errors in thinking. It contains 25 questions across 3 factors of forgetfulness, distractibility, and false triggering. Scores are interpreted for each dimension and discussed to suggest ways to improve cognition and overcome failures.

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COGNITIVE FAILURE QUESTIONNAIRE (CFQ)

Experimenter’s Initial:

Subject’s Initial:

Aim

To measure the extent of cognitive failure in an individual using cognitive failure questionnaire
(CFQ).

Materials Required

1. Cognitive Failure Questionnaire


2. Writing materials
3. Scoring manual

Description

The cognitive assessment questionnaire, originally called the cognitive failures questionnaire
(CFQ) was developed by Broadbent et al. (1982) to assess the frequency with which people
experienced cognitive failures, such as absent-mindedness, in everyday life - slips and errors
of perception, memory, and motor functioning. Cognitive failures are minor errors in thinking
reported by clinical and non-clinical individuals during everyday life. Apparently healthy
people experience the frustration (and sometimes embarrassment) of cognitive failures on a
daily basis. Common incidents include walking to a room only to forget what you were looking
for, locking your keys in the car, or repeatedly pushing an apparently jammed door before
noticing the large ‘Pull’ sign emblazoned on its front. Whilst irritating and generally quite
minor, some individuals tend to experience these slips more often than others.

Instructions

Please ensure you are in a comfortable seated position and are prepared to participate in the
intended assessment. Take the time to review the provided questionnaire, and if there are any
aspects that require clarification, kindly bring them to my attention. When responding to the
questionnaire, aim to provide your answers promptly without overthinking. There is no specific
time limit for completing the questionnaire, and please be assured that all your responses will
be treated confidentially, exclusively for academic purposes. There are no correct or incorrect
answers.

Scoring

1. The CFQ items load on three different factors. Adding scores across the relevant items
will yield subscale scores representing these dimensions of forgetfulness

2. Forgetfulness (Items 1, 2, 5, 7, 17, 20, 22, and 23): "a tendency to let go from one's
mind something known or planned, for example, names, intentions, appointments, and
words".

3. Distractibility (Items 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 19, 21, and 25): "mainly in social situations or
interactions with other people such as being absentminded or easily disturbed in one's
focused attention".

4. False Triggering (Items 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 18, 23, and 24): "interrupted processing of
sequences of cognitive and motor actions".

5. The most straightforward way to score the scale is simply to add up the ratings of the
25 individual items, yielding a score from 0-100.

Interpretation

Interpret your subject’s scores to each of the dimensions in this given questionnaire.

Discussion

Discuss your interpretations based on your subject’s score and suggest some ways to improve
their cognition and to overcome their cognitive failures.

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