The 1937 Revision of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale Included Two

question 11

Multiple Choice

The 1937 revision of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale included two equivalent forms labeled Form L and Form M,named as such because:

• A) these were the next two sequential letters in the alphabet that had not been used to name forms of the test.
• B) because Lewis Terman's full name was Lewis Madison Terman and his close friends called him "LM."
• C) these were the initials of Lewis (L) and his associate in the revision, Maude (M).
• D) Terman snacked incessantly on little multicolored, candy-coated chocolates, which in the 1930s were called "L&Ms."

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