There was Alfred Binet, who invented the IQ test, with the intention of classifying children who need assistance. His test unintentionally fueled the eugenics movement and was a key tool for ...

French psychologist Alfred Binet (1859-1911) took a different tack than most psychologists of his day: he was interested in the workings of the normal mind rather than the pathology of mental illness.

After his education in Switzerland, he worked in France for Théodore Simon, Alfred Binet's collaborator, where he helped standardize tests for gauging the reasoning abilities of five- to eight ...