Alfred Binet (1857-1911)
The interest of intelligence has been around for thousands of years but the 1900s there came a way where intelligence could actually be measured. This test was called the Binet-Simon Scale. Alfred Binet was the first man to create an intelligence test. This idea was sparked by the French government who asked Binet help determine which students would experience difficulty in school. Soon the test made its way over to the U.S. Stanford University psychologist Lewis Terman took Binet's original test and adapted it into what is now called the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. This new test used a single number called the intelligence quotient which represents the score of the test. This test remains a popular test we still use today. William Stern was a German psychologist and is the creator the Intelligence Quotient. Even though Lewis Terman was the first to put it into effect Stern is generally noted as the creator.
The interest of intelligence has been around for thousands of years but the 1900s there came a way where intelligence could actually be measured. This test was called the Binet-Simon Scale. Alfred Binet was the first man to create an intelligence test. This idea was sparked by the French government who asked Binet help determine which students would experience difficulty in school. Soon the test made its way over to the U.S. Stanford University psychologist Lewis Terman took Binet's original test and adapted it into what is now called the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. This new test used a single number called the intelligence quotient which represents the score of the test. This test remains a popular test we still use today. William Stern was a German psychologist and is the creator the Intelligence Quotient. Even though Lewis Terman was the first to put it into effect Stern is generally noted as the creator.