The French Government Commissioned Alfred Binet to Develop an Intelligence

question 464

Multiple Choice

The French government commissioned Alfred Binet to develop an intelligence test that would

• A) demonstrate the innate intellectual superiority of western European races.
• B) effectively distinguish between practical and creative intelligence.
• C) provide an objective measure of teaching effectiveness in the public school system.
• D) reduce the need to rely on teachers' biased judgments of students' learning potential.

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