Binet, Alfred - Theories In Action
Theories In Action
Today, psychologists can choose from among many different individual and group intelligence tests. These tests are used for a wide variety of purposes. Indeed, intelligence testing has become one of the most widespread uses of psychology in everyday life. Research using intelligence tests has also helped fuel the ongoing debate over the very nature of intelligence.
Research on the nature of intelligence
What is intelligence? Binet struggled with this question in his day, and modern scientists are still grappling with it. In the 1920s, one of the more infamous answers was offered by American psychologist Edwin Boring, who pronounced that "intelligence is what the tests test." This kind of circular reasoning may be amusing, but it is not very instructive for scientists seeking serious answers.
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