Binet-Simon scale

noun

Bi·​net-Si·​mon scale bi-ˌnā-sē-ˈmōⁿ- 

: an intelligence test consisting originally of tasks graded from the level of the average 3-year-old to that of the average 12-year-old but later extended in range

Word History

Etymology

Alfred Binet †1911 and Théodore Simon †1961 French psychologists

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

Binet-Simon scale

noun

Bi·​net-Si·​mon scale bi-ˌnā-sē-ˈmōⁿ- 

: an intelligence test consisting originally of tasks graded from the level of the average 3-year-old to that of the average 12-year-old but later extended in range

called also Binet-Simon test, Binet test

see stanford-binet test