Sante De Sanctis (1862–1935) and Alfred Binet (1857–1911), the latter in collaboration with Théodore Simon (1873–1960), introduced their intelligence tests to the scientific community at the Fifth International Congress of Psychology, held in Rome in 1905 on April 26–30. The cultural and political contexts within which De Sanctis and Binet developed their respective intelligence tests showed certain similarities. Nevertheless, De Sanctis’s intelligence test and Binet’s test did differ in certain respects. The objective of this article is to understand the differences and similarities between the Parisian and the Roman contexts in relation to mental testing, and to investigate the theoretical-methodological contributions of each. In addition, the article analyzes the “diversity” of De Sanctis’s context and test, which did not influence the international psychology.
Making Up Intelligence Scales: De Sanctis’s and Binet’s Tests, 1905 and After / Cicciola, Elisabetta; Foschi, Renato; Lombardo, Giovanni Pietro Vladimiro. - In: HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 1093-4510. - STAMPA. - 17:(2014), pp. 223-236. [10.1037/a0033740]
Making Up Intelligence Scales: De Sanctis’s and Binet’s Tests, 1905 and After
CICCIOLA, Elisabetta;FOSCHI, Renato;LOMBARDO, Giovanni Pietro Vladimiro
2014
Abstract
Sante De Sanctis (1862–1935) and Alfred Binet (1857–1911), the latter in collaboration with Théodore Simon (1873–1960), introduced their intelligence tests to the scientific community at the Fifth International Congress of Psychology, held in Rome in 1905 on April 26–30. The cultural and political contexts within which De Sanctis and Binet developed their respective intelligence tests showed certain similarities. Nevertheless, De Sanctis’s intelligence test and Binet’s test did differ in certain respects. The objective of this article is to understand the differences and similarities between the Parisian and the Roman contexts in relation to mental testing, and to investigate the theoretical-methodological contributions of each. In addition, the article analyzes the “diversity” of De Sanctis’s context and test, which did not influence the international psychology.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.