Stanford-Binet

English Etymology en Alfred Binet = French psychologist 1857 1911 and Stanford University, where the technique was further revised (1916). Noun en education also attributive A cognitive ability and intelligence test primarily designed to assess children. en Stanford-Binet scale en 1968 w:Slouching Towards Bethlehem On Self-Respect w:Joan Didion I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, the pleasant certainty that those rather passive virtues which had won me approval as a child automatically guaranteed me not only Phi Beta Kappa keys but happiness, honor, and the love of a good man; lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners, clean hair, and proven competence on the Stanford-Binet scale. en Judy Genshaft; Marlene Bireley; Constance L. Hollinger Serving Gifted and Talented Students 1995 Pro-Ed 53 https://books.google.com/books?id=E1MlAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Stanford-Binet%22&dq=%22Stanford-Binet%22&hl=&cd=28&source=gbs_api 978-0-89079-605-4 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