Binet-Simon scale

[ bih-ney-sahy-muhn; French bee-ne-see-mawn ]

noun

, Psychology.

1. a test for determining the relative development of intelligence, especially of children, consisting of a series of questions and tasks graded with reference to the ability of the normal child to deal with them at successive age levels.

Binet-Simon scale

/ ˈbiːneɪˈsaɪmən /

noun

1. psychol a test comprising questions and tasks, used to determine the mental age of subjects, usually children Also calledBinet scaleBinet test See also Stanford-Binet test

Word History and Origins

Origin of Binet-Simon scale¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Word History and Origins

Origin of Binet-Simon scale¹

C20: named after Alfred Binet (1857–1911) + Théodore Simon (1873–1961), French psychologists

Example Sentences

Perhaps the most successful single set of tests for mental deficiency is that known as the Binet-Simon Scale.

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Binet-Simon Scale, a series of tests graded to age and previous training of the average normal child, much used in measuring mental deficiency.

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This test has been standardized, not on the basis of physical age, as in the case of the Binet-Simon scale, but on the basis of school grade, from the second grade through the high school, some four or six years beyond the point where the Binet-Simon scale ceases to be useful.

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As representative of the first form of scale we may refer to the widely used Binet-Simon scale for the determination of mental age.

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A record-blank which enumerates the tests comprising the Binet-Simon scale is given in the Appendix.

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