Reading task #2

According to Rudolph Pintner in “the Work of Binet” in “Intelligence Testing Methods and Results”, 1923, “Alfred Binet, who build the famous Binet-Simon Scale for the measurement of intelligence” (Pintner, 1923, p21). Pintner described that “Binet, who was born in France, studied medicine and interested in abnormal psychology, even published “the Psychology of Reasoning” and “Animal Magnetism”, also emphasized on children’s intelligence” (Pintner, 1923, p21-p22). Also, Pintner explained that “the processes of Binet’s working which were measurement, attention and adaptation, head measurements, higher mental processes, handwriting, feeblemindedness, the first scale, the 1908 scale, mental age, miscellaneous studies, insanity, the 1911 scale, test for soldiers, and conclusion” (Pintner, 1923, p23-p33). Then, in “the Development of Intelligence Testing after Binet”, Pintner noted that “the general development of intelligence testing after the work of Binet” (Pintner, 1923, p34). Finally, Pintner stated that “following seven steps which were the measurement movement in educational subjects, the introduction of the Binet Scale into America, the controversy over the Validity of the scale, clinical psychology, the Stanford revision, the appearance of other scales, and the group test to develop, enhance and glorify the intelligence testing” (Pintner, 1923, p35-p43).