Reynolds Intellectual
Assessment Scale (RIAS)
Cecil Reynolds, Ph.D.
Randy Kamphaus, Ph.D.
Summary of Eight Primary Goals for
Development of the RIAS
RIAS measure of “g” (4 subtests)
RIAS measure of “g” (6 subtests)
Verbal and Nonverbal components
Verbal and Nonverbal Components
Verbal, Nonverbal and Memory
RIAS Standardization Sample
by Age Group
Demographic Characteristics of the U.S. Population
and of the RIAS Standardization Sample:
Percentages by Age and Educational Attainment
Demographic Characteristics of the U.S.
Population and of the RIAS Standardization
Sample: Percentages by Age, Ethnicity and
Educational Attainment
1. Guess What (GWH)
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Examines verbal reasoning
Looks at vocabulary, language development
and overall fund of information
1. Guess What (GWH)
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What is round, bounces and is often thrown
or kicked? Ball
What is made mostly of wood, has strings
and is played with a bow? Violin
What makes use of electrodes, measures
alpha rhythms, and is used to measure
brain waves? EEG
2. Odd-Item Out (OIO)
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Measures nonverbal reasoning skills.
Also requires the subject to use spatial
ability, visual imagery, and other nonverbal
skills
Odd-Item Out (OIO)
Odd-Item Out (OIO)
Odd-Item Out (OIO)
3. Verbal Reasoning (VRZ)
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Subtest measures verbal-analytical
reasoning ability but with fewer vocabulary
and general knowledge demands than
GWH.
Verbal Reasoning (VRZ)
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Book is to study, as game is to ____? Play
Mouth is to face, as feet are to ____? Leg
Discord is to harmony, as war is
to ___ ? Peace
4. What’s Missing (WHM)
z
Measures nonverbal reasoning where the
individual must conceptualize the picture,
analyze its gestalt, and deduce what
essential element is missing.
What’s Missing (WHM)
5. Verbal Memory (VRM)
z
This subtest assesses the ability to encode,
briefly store, and recall verbal material in a
meaningful context where associations are
clear and evident.
Verbal Memory (VRM) Stories
Verbal Memory Subtest Items by Age
6. Nonverbal Memory (NVM)
z
Subtest assesses the ability to encode,
store, and recognize pictorial stimuli that are
both concrete and abstract or without
meaningful referents.
Nonverbal Memory (NVM)
Nonverbal memory (NVM)
Nonverbal memory (NVM)
RIAS Scheme of Verbal Descriptors
of Intelligence Test Performance