Alfred Binet

Alfred Binet (July 8, 1857 - October 18, 1911), French psychologist and inventor of the IQ test.

Binet, who created the Ip test in 1904, was aiming to identify students who could benefit from extra help in school: his assumption was that lower IQ indicated the need for more teaching, not an inability to learn.Albert lived from 1857 to 1911 he created the IQ test 7 years before he died.

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External links:

• http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/binet.html
• http://www.src.uchicago.edu/users/sjack/classes/psc226/gould/node3.html
• http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Binet/binet1.htm