Binet-Simon scale

Binet-Simon scale
/bi nay"suy"meuhn/; Fr. /bee ne see mawonn"/, Psychol.
a test for determining the relative development of intelligence, esp. of children, consisting of a series of questions and tasks graded with reference to the ability of the normal child to deal with them at successive age levels. Also called Binet-Simon test, Binet scale, Binet test. Cf. Stanford-Binet test.
[1920-25]

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