Culture Fair Intelligence Test (CFIT)

CFIT Scale 1’s target population:

Ages 4 to 8 years and older, mentally handicapped individuals

CFIT Scale 2’s target population:

Ages 8 to 14 years old and average adults

CFIT Scale 2’s target population:

Ages 14 to college students, and adults of superior intelligence

CFIT’s purpose:

To measure fluid Intelligence.

In this subtest, the client is presented with incomplete, progressive matrices. Their task is to select, from among the choices provided, the answer which best continues the series.

Series

In this subtest, the client is presented with 5 figures. In scale 2, you must select one which is different from the other four. In scale 3, he must correctly identify two figures which are in some way different from 3 others.

Classifications

In this subtest, the task is to correctly complete the design or matrix presented at the left of each row.

Matrices

In this subtest, the client is required to select, from the five choices provided, the one which duplicates the conditions given in the far left box.

Conditions (Topology)

CFIT is classified as a level ____ psychological assessment.

B

CFIT’s time limit for Test 1 (Series) is:

3 minutes

CFIT’s time limit for Test 2 (Classification) is:

4 minutes

CFIT’s time limit for Test 3 (Matrices) is:

3 minutes

CFIT’s time limit for Test 4 (Conditions) is:

2.5 minutes

CFIT is:

A combination of a speed test and a power test.

The CFIT is most commonly used in ________ settings.

Educational

The CFIT may be administered:

Both individually or by group.

The CFIT is most preferable to use when:

Assessing a student's raw fluid intelligence and giftedness across diverse developmental stages without letting language barriers, poor formal schooling, or socio-cultural disadvantages skew the results.

CFIT’s time limit for the whole test is typically:

30 to 40 minutes

The CFIT only measures which domain?

Pure Fluid Intelligence

CFIT was created by:

Raymond B. Cattell