Training effects on Raven's progressive matrices in young, middle-aged, and elderly adults.
Previous training studies of fluid intellectual abilities have involved training on either figural relations or induction tasks. In the present study, young, middle-aged, and elderly adults were given training on another measure of fluid ability--Raven's Progressive Matrices. The training involved a strategy-modeling technique that lasted no more than a few minutes. The results indicated that (a) performance on the Raven decreased with increasing age, (b) training significantly improved performance, and (c) the effect of training did not differ as a function of the age or sex of the subjects. Thus, the results indicate that performance on the Raven can be significantly improved in a single, brief training session.
Denney
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Psychology Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
Heidrich
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004493:Education; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged