Practice question · True or false
Binet and Simon's original 1905 test was created mainly to identify schoolchildren who needed extra academic support, not to produce a general ranking of intelligence.
Hints
- Recall who commissioned the test and for what practical purpose.
- The French government wanted to find children needing help.
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True
Why
True. The test was commissioned by the French government to identify students needing additional support - an explicitly practical, applied purpose. Assuming it was built to rank children by intelligence is the named pitfall of this lesson.
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