What One Intelligence Test Measures: A Theoretical Account of the Processing in the Raven Progressive Matrices Test

Abstract

This paper analyzes the cognitive processes in a widely used, non- verbal test of analytic intelligence, the Raven Progressive Matrices Test (Raven, 1962). The analysis determines which processes distinguish between higher-scoring and lower-scoring subjects and which processes are common to all subjects and all items on the test. The analysis is based on detailed performance characteristics such as verbal protocols, eye fixation patterns and errors. The theory is expressed as a pair of computer simulation models that perform like the median or best college students in the sample. The processing characteristics that is common to all subjects is an incremental reiterative strategy for encoding and inducing the regularities in each problem. The processes that distinguish among individuals are primarily the ability to induce abstract relations and the ability to dynamically manage a large set of problem- solving goals in working memory.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 03, 1990
Accession Number
ADA221448

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  • Marcel A. Just
  • Patricia A. Carpenter
  • Peter Shell

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  • Carnegie Mellon University

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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Classification
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  • Educational Psychology
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  • Information Processing
  • Intelligence Tests
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