CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

VARIATIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Binet tests were designed to
A
Identify brain damage in children
B
Find out whether intelligence increases with age
C
Identify children who could not benefit from ordinary classroom teaching
D
Measure levels of critical thinking
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -IQ was introduced in the early 1900s by Alfred Binet, a French psychologist, to identify children who might not benefit from regular classroom instruction. It was designed to measure student’s aptitude for school learning-a prediction IQ was a ratio of chronological age to mental age.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -Binet believed that the purpose of cognitive development is to allow children to adapt to the physical and social demands of their environment, emphasizing the fact that children learn by assimilating new experiences into their existing ways of thinking.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Stanford-Binet® test, also known as the SB®-5, is one of the IQ tests for kids that measure their cognitive abilities and intelligence. It is widely recognized for its value and significance in determining if a child is gifted as well as identifying any learning disabilities.

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