Sensorimotor tasksare tasks or exercises that involve the brain receiving a message and then producing a response.
At the time, the French government had laws requiring all children to attend school.
So, it was important to find a way to identify the kids who would need extra help.
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They then worked to determine which questions best predicted academic success.
Binet quickly realized that some children were able to answer more advanced questions.
Though, this scale had many limitations.
Initially, this was known as the Revised Stanford-Binet Scale.
It also included new terms, using two scales of measurement versus one to provide a more accurate score.
The tests were administered to over 2 million soldiers.
After the war, the tests remained in use in a wide variety of situations outside of the military.
For example,IQ testswere used to screen new immigrants as they entered the United States.
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