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Alfred Binet
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Alfred Binet was a French psychologist who created the first practical intelligence test, fundamentally changing how we measure and understand mental ability. His work in the early 1900s established the foundation for modern IQ testing and had lasting impacts on education and psychology.
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- human
- Given name
- Alfred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Nice
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- sociologist
- Educated at
- Paris Medical Faculty
- Employer
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Doctoral advisor
- Jean-Martin Charcot
- Field of work
- hypnosis
- Image
- Alfred Binet.jpg
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- Alfred Binet
- date of death
- 1911-10-18
- date of birth
- 1857-07-08
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- influenced by
- John Stuart Mill
- name in native language
- Alfred Binet
- has works in the collection
- Nationalmuseum
- writing language
- French
- birth name
- Alfredo Binetti
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfred Binet (/bɪˈneɪ/; French: [binɛ]; 8 July 1857 – 18 October 1911), born Alfredo Binetti, was a French psychologist who together with Théodore Simon invented the first practical intelligence test, the Binet–Simon test. In 1904, Binet took part in a commission set up by the French Ministry of Education to decide whether school children with learning difficulties should be sent to a special boarding school attached to a lunatic asylum, as advocated by the French psychiatrist and politician Désiré-Magloire Bourneville, or whether they should be educated in classes attached to regular schools as advocated by the Société libre pour l'étude psychologique de l'enfant (SLEPE) of which Binet was a member. There was also debate over who should decide whether a child was capable enough for regular education. Bourneville argued that a psychiatrist should do this based on a medical examination. Binet and Simon wanted this to be based on objective evidence. This was the beginning of the IQ test. A preliminary version was published in 1905. The full version was published in 1908, and slightly revised in 1911, just before Binet's death.
Biography
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