Stanford-Binet

English

Etymology

Named after French psychologist Alfred Binet (1857–1911) and Stanford University, where the technique was further revised (1916).

Noun

Stanford-Binet (plural Stanford-Binets)

1. (also attributive) A cognitive ability and intelligence test primarily designed to assess children.

   Stanford-Binet scale

   • 1968, Joan Didion, “On Self-Respect”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:

     I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, […] lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners, clean hair, and proven competence on the Stanford-Binet scale.

   • 1995, Judy Genshaft, Marlene Bireley, Constance L. Hollinger, editors, Serving Gifted and Talented Students‎^[1], Pro-Ed, →ISBN, page 53:

     Historically, the Stanford–Binet and gifted children have been linked, largely because of the relationship of Lewis Terman to both the Stanford-Binet and his epic longitudinal study of the gifted (Terman, 1925).

Further reading

• Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia