6  Non-Verbal Reasoning

Cluster: Cognitive Style

6.1 Measure

The non-verbal reasoning measure used is the the short form of the Matrix Reasoning Item Bank (MaRs-IB). Matrix reasoning tasks have commonly been used as measures of cognitive ability, but it should be noted that this is not an IQ test and does not reflect population level norms, and is not designed for use in diagnostic settings. The item bank is from Chierchia et al. (2019) , with the short form developed by Zorowitz, Chierchia, Blakemore, & Daw (2023), with the materials publicly available online .

6.2 Implementation

Question wording

In this task, you will be shown a 3x3 grid of patterns. The last one, in the bottom right-hand corner, will be missing.

Example Matrix

You need to select which of the four possible patterns along the bottom fits into the gap:

Example Matrix

Scoring

Variable Name	Variable Label	Description	Variable Type	Source (Section)	Definition
Non-Verbal Reasoning	nverb_reason	Non-verbal reasoning score	numeric	Non-Verbal Reasoning	Sum of correct answers of nverb_01: nverb:12

Chierchia, G., Fuhrmann, D., Knoll, L. J., Pi-Sunyer, B. P., Sakhardande, A. L., & Blakemore, S.-J. (2019). The matrix reasoning item bank (MaRs-IB): Novel, open-access abstract reasoning items for adolescents and adults. Royal Society Open Science, 6(10), 190232. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190232

Zorowitz, S., Chierchia, G., Blakemore, S.-J., & Daw, N. D. (2023). An item response theory analysis of the matrix reasoning item bank (MaRs-IB). Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02067-8