CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was responsible for the first useful intelligence test?
A
Gardner
B
Saltzman
C
Binet
D
Spearman
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alfred Binet and the First IQ Test Binet and his colleague, Theodore Simon, began developing questions that focused on areas not explicitly taught in the classroom, such as attention, memory, and problem-solving skills.

Detailed explanation-3: -Since the first publication in 1916, there have been four additional revised editions of the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales, the first of which was developed by Lewis Terman.

Detailed explanation-4: -Introduced by Albert Binet and published as the Simon–Binet test in 1905 (Binet and Simon, 1905), the first tool for the assessment of intelligence was aimed to detect and support children with special needs. The items included in this test battery reflected age-appropriate intellectual ability.

Detailed explanation-5: -Explanation:-Alfred Binet (early 1900s) is known as the man who created the first intelligence test in the form we know them today.

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