Alfred Binet created the first IQ test to identify students needing educational help. Binet’s IQ test led to the concept of mental age, comparing a child’s intelligence to the average of their peers.

Intelligence tests have had many uses throughout their history--as tools to sort both schoolchildren and army recruits, and, most frighteningly, as methods to determine who is fit to pass on their ...

IQ tests have long been a subject of intrigue, serving as a tool to measure human intelligence. This article explores the history, applications, and advantages of IQ tests, while also emphasizing the ...

What we now call an IQ test was originally developed by Alfred Binet at the start of the 20th century as a way to measure developmental delays in schoolchildren. But with the eugenics craze at its ...