Test Preparation in Figural Matrices Tests: Focus on the Difficult Rules

Frontiers in Psychology

Jessica Lehmann¹  Marco Koch¹  Frank M. Spinath¹  Kai Krautter¹  Eva Kleinort¹  Nicolas Becker² 

[1]Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

[2]null

关键词: figural matrices test;    test preparation;    construction rules;    training study;    intelligence assessment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.619440

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

It is well documented that training the rules employed in figural matrices tests enhances test performance. Previous studies only compare experimental conditions in which all or no rules were trained and therefore ignore the particular influence of knowledge about the easy and difficult rules. With the current study, we wanted to provide some first insights into this topic. Respondents were assigned to four groups that received training for no rules, only the easy rules, only the difficult rules, or for all rules. The results show that a training only for the difficult rules was more effective than the other trainings. This applies also to performance in the easy rules that were actually not part of the training. A possible explanation for this finding is a facilitation of the solution process that is primarily driven by knowledge about the difficult rules. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that taking differences between the rules into account may provide a deeper understanding of the effects of trainings for figural matrices tests.

【 授权许可】

CC BY