AP PSYCHOLOGY

TESTING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

INTRODUCTION TO INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This person was tasked by the French government to investigate intelligence to determine a person’s mental age so help could be provided for those who struggled.
A
Lewis Terman
B
Alfred Binet
C
Charles Spearman
D
B.F. Skinner⋰
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -While Binet’s original intent was to use the test to identify children who needed additional academic assistance, the test soon became a means to identify those deemed “feeble-minded” by the eugenics movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -It wasn’t until the turn of the 20th century that Frenchman Alfred Binet (1857-1911) developed the first test resembling a modern intelligence test.

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