Perceptual Ability Test | Pattern Folding | DAT

In this video, we unpack strategies for the Pattern Folding section of the Perceptual Ability Test (PAT), which is a major component of the Dental Admission Test (DAT) needed to apply to dental schools in the US and Canada. Thanks for watching!
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  • @invalidgamerid
    @invalidgamerid2 жыл бұрын

    Dentist here. If you’re reading this, you’ll make it one day. I was once studying for this and struggled. Keep grinding.

  • @maximeparis7927

    @maximeparis7927

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, I needed to hear that! I'll keep faith that it'll happen one day, and I won't give up! :)

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's right! Keep the faith and make it happen 💪🏼

  • @hehehhe5461

    @hehehhe5461

    2 жыл бұрын

    dont think ill ever make it, im already struggling with ochem and have a midterm soon :(

  • @redeyeknight5964

    @redeyeknight5964

    2 жыл бұрын

    Keep grinding, but dont grind your teeth!

  • @invalidgamerid

    @invalidgamerid

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@redeyeknight5964 I grind my teeth too :D

  • @jerrymccormick9673
    @jerrymccormick9673 Жыл бұрын

    You explained this very well. I'm not a dental student but this really helped with my airline psychometric assessments. Cheers

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    Жыл бұрын

    Right on! Glad you found the video helpful 😊

  • @tanhoang8637
    @tanhoang8637Ай бұрын

    Without your fantastic explanation, I think this test would be much more suffering. Thank you so much !

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    Ай бұрын

    Glad to hear that my explanations are helping you! 😊

  • @sirsky11
    @sirsky11 Жыл бұрын

    Your videos really helped me on my tests. Thank you.

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    Жыл бұрын

    I am so glad to hear that! You’re very welcome 😊

  • @carlao2536
    @carlao25362 жыл бұрын

    Side pairing tip fantastic. Thank you.

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great! I’m glad it was helpful 😁

  • @kzgc8y3n
    @kzgc8y3n3 жыл бұрын

    Extremely helpful video. Thanks.

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @phucanpham
    @phucanpham20 күн бұрын

    very helpful. Tysm!

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    19 күн бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @user-we7go7ed3l
    @user-we7go7ed3l2 жыл бұрын

    You explain this so well. Its easy for me now :) thanks for the help

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    2 жыл бұрын

    Happy to help!

  • @Aguilaruiz
    @Aguilaruiz8 ай бұрын

    This was awesome, thanks!

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    8 ай бұрын

    Great! Glad it was helpful for you! 👍🏼

  • @princenic8875
    @princenic88753 жыл бұрын

    Well explained, thanks

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @samoo8933
    @samoo89332 жыл бұрын

    Thank that was helpful but on 15:40 you said shaded side cannot be down one the right side in A and B so they cannot be correct. But this can be the hiddden left side instead that we cannot see in the 4 figures right?

  • @solomonappiagyei7322
    @solomonappiagyei73223 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much this has helped a lot

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m so glad to hear that!

  • @samoo8933

    @samoo8933

    2 жыл бұрын

    so in 11:22 why 1 "right side" not sharing with 5 instead and 1 "down side" not sharing with 2 instead? I mean here there is no clear rule to follow like the 90 degree rule right? DO not get that ?

  • @JoeMama-uy2uv
    @JoeMama-uy2uv Жыл бұрын

    Hi, My test is online (meaning on the computer) at the prometric centre. Given I wont be able to write anything down (time crunch) and there's no printed out copy of the shapes to do side pairing, any tips on How I can do it?

  • @hehehhe5461
    @hehehhe54613 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video, I was just wondering if this is the most up to date info on pattern folding, will the current dat shift much more than this

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes it is! This is up to date with the most recent DAT.

  • @qraliche
    @qraliche Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome! 😊

  • @nathanduong869
    @nathanduong8692 жыл бұрын

    Hi I have a question about 11:33 How come you can connect the 1 dotted square with the top of the 2 dotted square and with the top of the 5 dotted square? Wouldn't that break the rule of not being able to pair up squares that are 180 degrees?

  • @tanytansters

    @tanytansters

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, I have this same question. It doesn't make sense.

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    Жыл бұрын

    Pairing the tops of the 2-dot square and 5-dot square together would break the rule of 180 degrees, those two sides cannot touch each other. However, what you are referring in 11:33 is an entirely different concept. Connecting the 1-dot square to the top of the 2-dot and 5-dot squares is a natural extension of the side pairing technique. Once you pair up all of the corners (blue lines), you then pair up the next available sides (orange lines) on either end of those paired corners and essentially "rainbow" out from there until all sides are matched with another side. Every side HAS to have a side it connects with, otherwise you wouldn't have an intact 3D object. This is shown in the solution at 13:07.

  • @ms-wx1gp
    @ms-wx1gp11 ай бұрын

    Hello! thank you so much for these videos! they are helping me so much. I have a question, at @11:27 of the video, when doing the side pairing on the outer cubes, how do we know that cube '1' shares with '5' . why does cube face '6' not share with either cube face '5' or '2'?

  • @LUCA-xv2sq

    @LUCA-xv2sq

    Ай бұрын

    Imagine you are rotating the square number 4 with the square number 6 and 1 attached to it. Then you will have squares 5,2,4,6 in a straight line with square 1 at 90degree from them, you can then role the square 1 until it reach the corner with 5 and 2.

  • @samoo8933
    @samoo89332 жыл бұрын

    so in 11:22 why 1 "right side" not sharing with 5 instead and 1 "down side" not sharing with 2 instead? I mean here there is no clear rule to follow like the 90 degree rule right? DO not get that ?

  • @hala6456
    @hala64562 ай бұрын

    How did you solve the first one , please

  • @jasonbroadway8027
    @jasonbroadway80273 жыл бұрын

    I got confused at 8:04. Update: I have moved past my confusion at this point in the video. I am amazed that some people can immediately "see" the patterns.

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad you worked through your confusion! Remember these PAT games require lots of repetition, and with practice you can get better and better at seeing patterns.

  • @samoo8933

    @samoo8933

    2 жыл бұрын

    so in 11:22 why 1 "right side" not sharing with 5 instead and 1 "down side" not sharing with 2 instead? I mean here there is no clear rule to follow like the 90 degree rule right? DO not get that ?

  • @ienneontop2013
    @ienneontop20133 жыл бұрын

    I will be having my admission test for dental on Wed, but I am still having a hard time here. 🥺🥺🥺

  • @galatify1
    @galatify13 жыл бұрын

    Hey please make videos on NBDE Part 1 high yield topics too.. that would be a great help for us. Thanks

  • @samoo8933

    @samoo8933

    2 жыл бұрын

    so in 11:22 why 1 "right side" not sharing with 5 instead and 1 "down side" not sharing with 2 instead? I mean here there is no clear rule to follow like the 90 degree rule right? DO not get that ?

  • @wonderIland
    @wonderIland Жыл бұрын

    15:57 how is the right side referencing that shape if in order to look at from the dark perspective we'd have to flip the thing

  • @rosechoi7415

    @rosechoi7415

    11 ай бұрын

    i have the same question, i hope he will answer it

  • @caelabcaretta7039
    @caelabcaretta70392 жыл бұрын

    @8:55 the answer C works as well, how do you explain working around this

  • @crazyz5995

    @crazyz5995

    Жыл бұрын

    9 months later, C still doesn't work.

  • @mishklishk393
    @mishklishk3933 жыл бұрын

    I had to do this for my dental hygiene entrance exam. I just ripped up pieces of paper to make the shapes. Is that cheating? Would coloring be cheating?

  • @pixierose123

    @pixierose123

    3 жыл бұрын

    during the exam? you really wouldn't have enough time on the DAT to build the shapes I don't think. I don't know about colouring

  • @winnienyameba

    @winnienyameba

    2 жыл бұрын

    Is that exam hard?

  • @Youtubingbruh5.0
    @Youtubingbruh5.07 ай бұрын

    I'm applying for a test to be a tso, and im not sure what new changes have been added. I've been suggested to brush up on spatial perception; my test is tomorrow!

  • @ishabthespiritualboss

    @ishabthespiritualboss

    2 ай бұрын

    I have a test coming up . How’d it go?

  • @cruiser_b9779

    @cruiser_b9779

    13 күн бұрын

    @@ishabthespiritualboss Can both of you reply? I just scheduled a test a week from now lol

  • @ishabthespiritualboss

    @ishabthespiritualboss

    13 күн бұрын

    @@cruiser_b9779 the test is really easy .. this is the only part you would need to study .. I kinda guessed on this part & still passed .. you’ll do great, Good luck

  • @cruiser_b9779

    @cruiser_b9779

    13 күн бұрын

    @@ishabthespiritualboss Thank you!

  • @ishabthespiritualboss

    @ishabthespiritualboss

    13 күн бұрын

    @@cruiser_b9779 you’re welcome! Keep me posted 🤗

  • @devon9374
    @devon93746 ай бұрын

    Apparently, this is a type of intelligence (spatial reasoning) that is commonly overlooked in children. These questions are easy for me as I'm able to rotate the objects mentally. In school I was uninspired and uninterested in math until I took physics. I was suddenly magically good at a subject I never been exposed to, and this was late in high school. The nature of physics magically made the math intelligible. I ended up going to school for Engineering and only found the math heavy classes to be difficult. Basically, what I want to say is that a kid with this type of intelligence needs to be exposed to physics, and the true nature of math (not the BS taught in schools) as early as possible. It might change their lives. God Bless.

  • @matiuspaipinan
    @matiuspaipinan Жыл бұрын

    god explanation,

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching! 😊

  • @bonkoo5978
    @bonkoo59782 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking too hard

  • @pouyagm
    @pouyagm Жыл бұрын

    Does it have another name like a spatial relationship?

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, that is an appropriate name to describe this kind of test!

  • @reynaldvillenas5391
    @reynaldvillenas53912 жыл бұрын

    i think the last part is wrong ... the answer i know is letter a but the side that has black color make it inverted

  • @jaleelsayal8181
    @jaleelsayal81815 ай бұрын

    Y d is wrong?

  • @jazlovedad
    @jazlovedad Жыл бұрын

    who knew hallucinations were helpful my ghost friend helped me

  • @Anonymous-kb5ut
    @Anonymous-kb5ut2 ай бұрын

    I think i'm the only one that doesnt get it lol, i'll just try harder

  • @mentaldental

    @mentaldental

    2 ай бұрын

    You're not the only one, trust me. This is one of, if not the hardest section on the PAT. Keep at it!