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General learning ability

Tests making up the general learning ability, and their description:

Test Description

1. Analytic
   reasoning

Evaluates the capacity to discover rules and use them to solve reasoning

problems.

Consists of two subscales:

Reasoning subscale A (inductive)

• Includes 12 items


• Timing 7 minutes
  Reasoning subscale B (deductive)


• Includes 12 items


• Timing 7 minutes

2. Analogical
   transfer

Evaluates the capacity to apply previously acquired knowledge in novel

situations.

• Includes 22 tasks


• Timing 5 minutes

3. Flexibility in
   categorization

Evaluates the capacity to rapidly switch categorization criteria and group

objects based on the new criterion.

• Includes 9 items, each with three classification criteria
  (taxonomy, function, perception) – 27 sets of images in total


• Timing 3 minutes

4. Cognitive
   inhibition and
   short-term
   memory

Evaluates the capacity to ignore irrelevant information flow, as well as

remember information for a brief while.

• Consists of 4 lists, each with 15 words to memorize


• Timing 6 minutes

5. Working
   memory

Evaluates the capacity of the cognitive system to hold for short time

relevant information and operate with it.

• Consists of 10 series with five rows of digits and letters, each row
  consisting of a varied number of digits and letters


• No time limit

6. Cognitive
   interference

Evaluates the capacity to resist intrusion of other information than

relevant.

• Includes three item lists (familiarization, neutral, and
  interference, each item being made up of a group of 1 to 4 words)


• No time limit

7. Focused
   attention

Evaluates the capacity to focus by negative set-off.

• Includes two lists of words naming colours, written in other
  colours. Each list includes 48 words written in two columns, 24
  words each


• No time limit