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  • Cognitive psychology
  • Educational psychology

Background:

  • Training on figural matrices tests is known to improve performance.
  • Prior research has not differentiated the impact of training easy versus difficult rules.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the differential effects of training easy, difficult, or all rules in figural matrices tests.
  • To explore how knowledge of rule difficulty influences problem-solving strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Participants were divided into four groups: no training, easy rules training, difficult rules training, or all rules training.
  • Performance on figural matrices tests was assessed after the respective training interventions.

Main Results:

  • Training focused solely on difficult rules yielded superior performance compared to other training conditions.
  • This benefit extended to untrained easy rules, indicating a broader facilitation effect.
  • Knowledge of difficult rules appeared to drive the enhanced solution process.

Conclusions:

  • Training interventions for figural matrices tests are more effective when considering the varying difficulty of rules.
  • Differentiating rule difficulty in training can lead to a deeper understanding of cognitive training mechanisms and improved outcomes.