Practical No.

RAVEN'S STANDARD PROGRESSIVE MATRICES (RSPM)

OBJECTIVE:

To measure eductive component of "g" as defined in Spearman's Two Factor theory using

Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices.

BASIC CONCEPT

Intelligence:

Oxford Dictionary explains intelligence as the power of perceiving, learning, understanding and
knowing.

Binet defined intelligence as the ability to understand well, reason well and judge well.

According to Weschler, intelligence can be defined as the global and aggregate capacity of an
individual to think rationally, act purposefully and to deal effectively with his environment.

Gardner and Sternberg have suggested that an intelligent individual not only adapts to

the environment but also actively shapes it.

According to Robert Sternberg, Intelligence is the ability to adapt to shape and to select

environment to accomplish one's goals and those of one's society and culture. The psychometric
approaches express the individual's performance in terms of a single index of cognitive abilities.

On the other hand information processing approach describes the processes people use in
intellectual reasoning and problem solving.

SPEARMAN'S TWO FACTOR THEORY OF INTELLIGENCE

In 1927, a British psychologist, Charles Spearman proposed a two factor

intelligence. According to him, intelligence consisted of a general factor (g-factor) and specific
actor), The g factor includes mental operations which are primary and common to all performances.
S factor refers to specific abilities that help an individual to excel in specific

fields, for example-singers, scientists and athletes.

Types of Intelligence tests: On the basis of administration they are classified as individual or Group
Test. And on the basis of nature of items used they are classified as verbal, non-verbal, performance
and culture fair/biased tests.

METHOD

Preliminary Information

Name

Date of Birth

Age

Sex

Class

Date of conduction

Place of conduction

Testing Material

RSPM Test Booklet, RSPM Answer Sheet, RSPM Manual, RSPM Scoring key, Pencil,

Eraser,

DESCRIPTION OF THE TEST

The Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices test was developed by J Raven, J.C. Raven

and H. C. Court. It consists of 60 non verbal items divided into 5 sets A, B, C, D, E each
comprising of 12 problems. The test was constructed to measure the eductive component of g, as
defined in Spearman's theory of intelligence. The problems are simple in the beginning and

become more and more difficult as one proceeds towards the last item.

Procedure

Rapport formation:

The subject was called to the psychology lab and was made to sit comfortably. A friendly

conversation was held by asking her about her schooling, her parents, friends and her interest in
general. When the subject felt at ease, she was asked if she was ready for the test to begin. After an
affirmative answer from her, she was given the following instructions

Instructions:

1.Here is a test booklet and a separate answer sheet on which you will record your answers

2.Please ensure that you do not write anything on the test booklet.

3.Please enter the required information i.e. Name, Age etc in the answer sheet

4.Now open the first page of the test booklet to find problem A1. Now locate the column

of the numbers 1 to 12 under the heading Set A on your answer sheet.

5.Now look at problem A1. The upper portion of the page has a pattern with a piece

cut out of it. Select the one piece from the six options given below the pattern that

you think is right as it fits into the pattern. What would be the answer? (wait for the
subject to respond) Number 4 as you said is the right piece, so the answer is number

4. You will now write 4 next to the number 1 under the heading set A on the answer sheet

5.Similarly on every page of the booklet, there is a pattern with a portion missing. You

have to choose the right piece out of the options given below the pattern. Immediately

after deciding on the right option, you must write the option number next to the item

number on the answer sheet

6.The problems are simple in the beginning and get harder as you progress. Attempt

all problems. If you are not sure about a particular answer you may make a guess but

don't leave any item unanswered

7. Make sure that you record the answers in the right column of the answer sheet

8.There is no time limit but try to finish as soon as possible.

Precautions:

1. The room should be well lit and well ventilated

2. There should not be any noise in the room.

3. The seating arrangement should be comfortable

4. There is no time limit.

6. No item should be left unanswered.

7. Proper rapport should be established before starting the practical

Test Administration

The subject was called to the psychology lab. After the rapport was established, instructions were
given and the test material was provided to him/her. After s/he completed the test, her answer

sheet was taken for scoring.

Verbal Report:

As given by the subject

Behavioural observation:

Your observation of the subject

Scoring:

Scoring is done by hand, with the help of a scoring key. Right write answers are given one mark and
wrong answers are given zero. Then all the marks for each column are added. Thereafter a single
score is obtained by adding the total scores of the five columns.The percentile score and grade
corresponding to this are noted down from the manual for further analysis.

Results (please note: make table while writing results)

Raw score
Percentile:

Grade:

Interpretation:

Analysis and interpretation:

The raw score obtained by the subject was ________.

The subject obtained a percentile score of ________, corresponding to grade ________.

This implies that he/she has _______ ability to perceive and identify relationships. His/her ability to
generate new, largely non verbal concepts, which makes it possible to think, clearly is also _______.

Conclusion:

My subject obtained a percentile score of _____, corresponding to grade _______, which means that
he/she is intellectually________.