New Rule Use Drives the Relation Between Working Memory Capacity and Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices

The correlation between individual differences in working memory capacity and performance on the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM) is well documented yet poorly understood. The present work proposes a new explanation: that the need to use a new combination of rules on RAPM problems d...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition memory, and cognition, 2011-01, Vol.37 (1), p.256-263
Hauptverfasser:	Wiley, Jennifer, Jarosz, Andrew F, Cushen, Patrick J, Colflesh, Gregory J. H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Psychological Attention Biological and medical sciences Cognition. Intelligence Cognitive Processes Correlation analysis Executive Function Experimental Psychology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Human Humans Individual Differences Intelligence Tests Male Memory Memory, Short-Term - physiology Neuropsychological Tests Novelty (Stimulus Dimension) Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology Photic Stimulation Predictive Value of Tests Problem Solving Problem Solving - physiology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Raven Advanced Progressive Matrices Raven Progressive Matrices Reasoning. Problem solving Regression Analysis Short Term Memory Statistics as Topic Students Undergraduate Students Universities
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Zusammenfassung:	The correlation between individual differences in working memory capacity and performance on the Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (RAPM) is well documented yet poorly understood. The present work proposes a new explanation: that the need to use a new combination of rules on RAPM problems drives the relation between performance and working memory capacity scores. Evidence for this account is supported by an item-based analysis of performance during standard administration of the RAPM and an experiment that manipulates the need to use new rule combinations across 2 subsets of RAPM items.
ISSN:	0278-7393 1939-1285
DOI:	10.1037/a0021613