When Binet Developed the First Intelligence Test, He Believed That

question 195

Multiple Choice

When Binet developed the first intelligence test, he believed that:

• A) he was measuring an innate, fixed level of mental ability.
• B) he was measuring multiple intelligences, including musical intelligence, spatial intelligence, personal intelligence, practical intelligence, and so forth.
• C) he was NOT measuring an innate, fixed level of mental ability.
• D) a single global intellectual ability could be quantified in an individual IQ score.

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