RAVEN ADVANCED PROGRESSIVE MATRICES AND INCREASES IN INTELLIGENCE

Authors
STOUGH C NETTELBECK T COOPER C
Citation
C. Stough et al., RAVEN ADVANCED PROGRESSIVE MATRICES AND INCREASES IN INTELLIGENCE, Personality and individual differences, 15(1), 1993, pp. 103-104
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Personality and individual differences → ACNP
ISSN journal
01918869
Volume
15
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
103 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
0191-8869(1993)15:1<103:RAPMAI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Recently, Flynn 1987, Psyschological Bulletin, 101, 171-191; 1989, Psy chological Test Bulletin, 2, 58-61 has reported that scores from some IQ tests have increased significantly over the last few decades and ha s attributed these gains in IQ to problems in the test measurement of intelligence. This study investigated whether large IQ increases are a lso to be observed in Raven's Advanced Progressive Matrices (APM) scor es in large Australian University samples over the last 30 years. Resu lts indicated that the APM is internally consistent and stable over ti me.