Area 5 of 6 · 5 scored questions
Verbal reasoning
Analogies, categories and syllogisms. In many of them the words are made up, so that reasoning counts, not vocabulary.
- 5 of the 37 scored questions
- little vocabulary
- made-up words
What it measures
What verbal reasoning asks of you
It depends on reading, so it’s the area most tied to schooling. The test reduces that weight by using few vocabulary items.
- 1
See the relationship between two terms
In an analogy, the question is what relationship links the first pair and which pair repeats it.
- 2
Follow the form of the argument
In syllogisms with made-up words, only the structure matters. "Every lumio is a vulcio" works just as well as "every cat is a mammal".
- 3
Don’t fall for the fallacy
Conditionals have well-known traps, such as concluding the opposite of what the rule allows.
Practice question
A question like the ones in this area
It's from the practice bank, not the test. Try it before you open the reasoning.
All lumios are vulcios. All vulcios are pelvos. So…
- Aall pelvos are lumios
- Bno lumio is a pelvo
- Csome lumios are not pelvos
- Dcan't tell
- Eall lumios are pelvos
See the reasoning
If every lumio is inside the vulcios, and every vulcio is inside the pelvos, then every lumio is inside the pelvos.
In the test there's no time limit per question. In practice, the difficulty goes up when you get it right.
During the test
What helps with verbal reasoning
- In analogies, say the relationship under your breath: "A is the tool for B". Then look for the pair that fits the same sentence.
- With made-up words, picture sets inside sets in your head.
- In a conditional "if A, then B", knowing that B happened doesn’t prove that A happened.
What the research says
Where this area comes from
Reasoning and knowledge
Psychology separates reasoning about new problems (fluid) from accumulated knowledge (crystallized). Vocabulary measures more of the latter, which is why the test uses little of it.
Adapted, not translated
In each language on the site, the verbal questions are adapted to that language, not translated word for word.
We don’t give an IQ per area: with only a few questions in each, the error would be too large. The report shows how many you got right and whether the area came out above, in line with, or below your overall result.
Questions
Questions about this area
Do avid readers have an advantage?
A little, which is why the area uses few vocabulary items and many made-up words. The weight of schooling gets smaller, but it doesn’t disappear.
Why words that don’t exist?
So that the answer depends on the form of the argument. With real words, many people answer from what they know about the world, not from what was stated.
The 6 areas
Other areas of the test
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Matrices
Find the rule that organizes a grid of shapes and apply it to the missing piece.
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Series
Find the pattern in a sequence of numbers or letters and continue it.
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Rotation
Rotate shapes mentally and recognize the same piece in another position.
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Logic
Draw valid conclusions from premises: conditions, orderings and exclusions.
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Memory
Hold and use information for a few seconds: digit sequences and recall.
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