While 'The Kid' doesn't think much of this work, he is in fact basic skills essential to his new identity. Much instruction oversimplifies the material it gives to learners . Cognitive flexibility tries to avoid oversimplification. Traditional training design believes there is a single, best way to teach skills. A set of objectives are set for a course.
Instructors choose cases and examples which determine appropriate action for a job.
Content is organised in prepackaged structures that communicate the reliability and regularity of its contents. Typical instructors treat their courses as well defined, well structured for learning. But the learning that comes from these training sessions is also prepackaged and rigid. Some course designers believe it is impossible to pass on real complexity to novices who have limited, relevant world-knowledge when they come into the training room. Concepts have to be simplified in order to make them understandable.