Alfred Binet: How to Measure Intelligence

Post Views: 3 Alfred Binet was a French psychologist. He developed the first intelligence test. In fact, we still widely use these tests today. Binet developed the test when he was commissioned by the French government. They wanted him to develop an instrument for identifying schoolchildren who were most likely to need additional help at school. Alfred Binet created the Simon-Binet Intelligence Scale with his colleague Theodore Simon. Lewis Terman later revised the scale and standardized the test with subjects from an American sample. The test later became known as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. Let’s now learn a bit about the…