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  • The intelligence quotient is a mathematical expression, devised in France at the turn of the twentieth century by Alfred Binet.

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • Terman was most interested in intellectual achievement his revision of Alfred Binet's intelligence scale produced the Stanford-Binet IQ test, but his interviews were so detailed that the results could be used as a basis for studying the respondents' lives in follow-up interviews across the years.

    How to Keep Going and Going Laura Landro 2011

  • The intelligence quotient is a mathematical expression, devised in France at the turn of the twentieth century by Alfred Binet.

    Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011

  • Dr. Mayer says the roots of modern personality tests date back to the early 1900s, when French psychologist Alfred Binet created an intelligence test predicting which children had special needs requiring alternative education.

    Do You Get an 'A' in Personality? Elizabeth Bernstein 2011

  • Alfred Binet, father of modern intelligence tests, believed mental development ended at 16, while child psychologist Jean Piaget thought it ended even earlier.

    Teenagers' IQ scores can rise or fall sharply during adolescence 2011

  • In the early 1900s, when Alfred Binet created the first test to measure intelligence in children, he was firm in stating that intelligence was fluid and could be increased.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

  • In the early 1900s, when Alfred Binet created the first test to measure intelligence in children, he was firm in stating that intelligence was fluid and could be increased.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

  • In the early 1900s, when Alfred Binet created the first test to measure intelligence in children, he was firm in stating that intelligence was fluid and could be increased.

    Testing for Kindergarten Karen Quinn 2010

  • Yet the original inventor of the IQ test, Alfred Binet, had quite the opposite opinion, and the science turns out to favor Binet.

    The Success Myth David Shenk 2010

  • Yet the original inventor of the IQ test, Alfred Binet, had quite the opposite opinion, and the science turns out to favor Binet.

    The Success Myth David Shenk 2010

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