Raven's Progressive Matrices Flashcards
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In a 3×3 matrix, the number of sides on the shape increases by 1 across each row (triangle, square, pentagon). What shape completes the bottom-right cell if the bottom row starts with a pentagon and hexagon?
Answer: Heptagon
The pattern adds one side per step: pentagon (5) → hexagon (6) → heptagon (7).
A matrix shows shapes that rotate 90° clockwise with each column. If a shape points right in column 1 and down in column 2, what direction does it point in column 3?
Answer: Left
Rotating 90° clockwise: right → down → left, so column 3 points left.
Each row of a matrix contains a large shape, a medium shape, and a small shape. The columns contain circles, squares, and triangles respectively. What belongs in the cell where row 3 meets column 2?
Answer: Medium square
Row 3 has the medium size and column 2 has squares, making it a medium square.
In a progressive matrix, shading moves one cell to the right with each row. Row 1 shades cell 1, row 2 shades cell 2, row 3 shades cell 3. What does row 4 shade if the pattern wraps around?
Answer: Cell 1
With only 3 cells and a wrap-around rule, row 4 returns to shading cell 1.
A matrix has shapes where the number of internal lines equals the row number. Row 1 shapes have 1 line, row 2 have 2 lines. How many internal lines does a shape in row 5 have?
Answer: 5
The rule is direct: the number of internal lines equals the row number, so row 5 has 5 lines.
Which feature of Raven's Progressive Matrices makes it useful for cross-cultural intelligence research?
Answer: It uses abstract visual patterns with no language requirement
The abstract visual format avoids language and cultural knowledge, making it culturally fair.
In a 3×3 matrix, each row contains one filled, one striped, and one empty version of the same shape. The missing cell is in a row where filled and striped already appear. What fill pattern completes it?
Answer: Empty
Since filled and striped are present, the missing pattern must be empty to complete the set.
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