French psychologist Alfred Binet (1859-1911) took a different tack than most psychologists of his day: he was interested in the workings of the normal mind rather than the pathology of mental illness.

Beginning in the 1900s, scientists began to develop different methods for measuring intelligence. These tests were used often to justify racial and ethnic discrimination. The results of these ...

In the year 1905, Psychologist Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon designed a test for children who were struggling in France. The test was created for the purpose to identify which children need special ...

Intelligence tests are among the most influential - but also controversial - innovations of the 20th century. Alfred Binet set out with the best of intentions to determine how to place children in the ...