Verbal concept formation

Common Thread

An instructional analogue of the Similarities paradigm. You'll see two words at a time and be asked how they are alike. Responses are scored 0, 1, or 2 based on the level of abstraction — a shared surface feature earns less than the category that truly connects the pair.

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Guided (auto-scored). Pick the best description of how the pair is alike from four options. Uses Wechsler-style administration: a start point partway into the set, reversal to a basal on an early miss, and discontinue after three consecutive zero scores.

Classic (self-scored). Type your own answer, then compare it against a rubric with example 2-, 1-, and 0-point responses and score yourself. Closest to real administration, and useful for teaching the abstraction hierarchy. All items are given.

Guided mode: give every item (skip start point, reversal, and discontinue)

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This tool is an original educational analogue inspired by the structure of verbal similarities tasks. It contains no items, norms, or materials from any published test and is not a normed clinical instrument. Scores are for instruction and self-reflection only.

ReversalWorking backward to establish a basal

In what way are these two things alike?

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Compare to rubric No response / skip

Your response

Which level best matches your answer? Score the concept, not the wording.

2 — Abstract 1 — Concrete 0 — Not alike / off target

Results

Session summary

Item detail

#	Pair	Status	Score	Time (s)

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Educational analogue only — original items, no published test content, no norms. A 2-point response names the superordinate category or abstract principle shared by the pair; a 1-point response names a real but concrete or partial similarity; a 0-point response names a difference, an inaccuracy, or a property too general to distinguish the pair.