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Binet-Simon scale

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Bi·net-Si·mon scale  (b-ns-m, -smn)
n.
An evaluation of the relative mental development of children by a series of psychological tests of intellectual ability. Also called Binet scale, Binet-Simon test, Binet test.

[After Alfred Binet (1857-1911) and Théodore Simon (1873-1961), French psychologists.]

Binet-Simon scale [ˈbiːneɪˈsaɪmən]
n
(Psychology) Psychol a test comprising questions and tasks, used to determine the mental age of subjects, usually children Also called Binet scale, test See also Stanford-Binet test
[named after Alfred Binet (1857-1911) + Théodore Simon (1873-1961), French psychologists]
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Noun1.Binet-Simon Scale - the first intelligence test
intelligence test, IQ test - a psychometric test of intelligence; "they used to think that intelligence is what an intelligence test tests"


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His Binet-Simon scale is the original version of today's common IQ tests.
Terman completed his American revision of the 1908 Binet-Simon scale.
 
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