Formal intelligence testing began in 1904, when Alfred Binet was instructed by the French government to devise a(n) ____
a. ?test to “weed out” academically inferior students
b. ?objective means to assign students into academic and technical training tracks
c. ?test to select the top students for government service
d. ?objective means to identify schoolchildren who needed additional help to succeed
ANSWER:
d
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