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PROGRESSIVE MATRICES

nonverbal exam to

measure so-called

eductive ability—

the facility to

make sense of

complex data.

Unlike many early

assessments, this

1936 exercise in

pattern recogni-

tion has no known

cultural or

linguistic

biases. Today,

the matrices are

still among the

most common

question types to

appear on intel-

ligence tests.

Each question
to the right
contains three
rows of images.
The first two
establish a
pat tern, but the
last item in the
third row is
missing. From the
eight choices,
select the image
that completes
the pattern.
What it tests:
Psychologist J.C.
Raven developed
this simple,

INSTRUCTIONS

MENTAL

4 ASYLUM

1914

THE MAZE

Instructions: Place your pencil at the

“S.” Without pausing or backtracking,

trace a line to exit the maze. If you get

stuck, return to the S and try again.

A

E

B

F

C

G

D

H

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