Jaques argued that the higher a person was positioned in a hierarchy, assuming the individual possessed a corresponding level of cognitive complexity, acquired skills and knowledge ( gained through experience ) and presuming that individual valued the work he or she was tasked, the longer he could work to complete a task without supervision.
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The editorial characterized anti-vaccinationists as people who " tend toward complete mistrust of government and manufacturers, conspiratorial thinking, denialism, low cognitive complexity in thinking patterns, reasoning flaws, and a habit of substituting emotional anecdotes for data ", including people who range from those " unable to understand and incorporate concepts of risk and probability into science-grounded decision making " and those " who use deliberate mistruths, intimidation, falsified data, and threats of violence ".
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His work has generated a number of influential ideas, including the " Cognitive Complexity & Control Theory ", the notion that executive function depends, in part, on the ability to use complex, higher-order rules ( formulated in self-directed speech ); " Levels of Consciousness ", the notion that conscious control develops through a series of levels characterized by greater degrees of reflection; the " Iterative Reprocessing Model ", which posits that reflection occurs when information is reprocessed via neural circuits involving the prefrontal cortex; the " Hierarchical Competing Systems Model " of the early emergence of executive function; and the importance of the distinction between more cool, cognitive aspects of executive function vs . more hot, emotional aspects.
