Binet-Simon intelligence tests are applicable only to European and American conditions; other tests are needed for primitive peoples¶

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q2 i? In discussion of Stern's report on intelligence testing, it was pointed out that the Binet-Simon tests apply only to European and American civilization and that other tests must be devised for studying the intelligence of primitive peoples. → Peters 1912

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Peters 1912¶

Peters, W. (1912). Pedagogy at the Berlin Psychological Congress. The Journal of Educational Psychology, 3, 452-457. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Pedagogy+at+the+Berlin+Psychological+Congress

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Discussion following Stern's congress report on psychological methods of testing intelligence, which reviewed the development of intelligence-testing methods, the Binet-Simon tests, and correlations between experimentally determined intelligence and school standing or teachers' judgments.

"In the ensuing discussion it was pointed out that the Binet-Simon tests were applicable only to the conditions of European and American civilization, and that other tests must be devised for studying the intelligence of primitive peoples."

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