ALFRED BINET AN OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY. BY DOLORES ALLEN Alfred Binet - Psychologist Born July 8‚ 1857 in Nice‚ France Died October 18‚ 1911‚ aged 54 Introduction Alfred Binet was one of the most influential psychologists in history. He developed the first Intelligence Quotient (IQ) test‚ which was to become used throughout the world. Whilst he pioneered intelligence testing‚ he also influenced other psychologists to
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Alfred Binet was a French Psychologist who was born in Nice on July 8‚ 1857. His father was a physician and his mother was an artist. Before becoming involved in the testing of cognitive abilities graduated from the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and soon became a lawyer. Binet’s father wanted him to become involved in the medical field‚ but Alfred decided not to. While Binet was young he wasn’t extraordinarily brilliant‚ but he still had the willingness to work as hard as possible. Due to the wealth
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Alfred Binet * Simon-Binet Intelligence Scale * Stanford-Binet IQ Test Birth: Alfred Binet was born July 8‚ 1857 in Nice. Death: Alfred Binet died on October 18‚ 1911. Alfred Binet’s Early Life: Alfred Binet was born Alfredo Binetti. His father‚ a physician‚ and his mother‚ an artist‚ divorced when he was young and Binet then moved to Paris with his mother. After graduating from law school in 1878‚ Binet initially planned to follow in his father’s footsteps and enroll in medical school
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Teaching English Vocabulary through Pictures for Young Learners INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background All languages consist of words. Languages emerge first as words‚ both historically‚ and in terms of the way each of us learned our first and any subsequent languages. Vocabulary plays an important role because it appears in every language skills. Mastering vocabulary is very important for the students who learn English as a foreign language. It is because vocabulary is a key to young learners understanding
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1. A synonym is a word that’s A. pronounced the same. B. similar in meaning. C. opposite in meaning. D. defined in a thesaurus. 2. What is the most important point in the following sentence? My sister‚ Emily‚ the tallest girl in her class‚ has many friends. A. Emily is the tallest girl in her class. B. My sister’s name is Emily. C. Emily has many friends. D. Emily is my sister. 3. Of these four words‚ which one is most likely to have a negative flavor? A. Meander B. Confound C. Harangue
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Alfred Binet Binet attended law school in Paris‚ and received his degree in 1878. He also studied Natural Sciences at the Sorbonne. His first formal job was as a researcher at a neurological clinic‚ Salpetriere Hospital‚ in Paris from 1883 – 1889. From there‚ Binet went on to being a researcher and associate director of the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology at the Sorbonne from 1891 – 1894. In 1894‚ he was promoted to being the director of the laboratory until 1911 (his death). After receiving
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Interpretive Report of WAIS—IV Testing Examinee and Testing Information Examinee Name Francisco R Violante Date of Report 11/28/2012 Examinee ID Education M.D. Date of Birth 02/11/1963 Home Language Spanish Gender Male Handedness Right Race/Ethnicity Hispanic Examiner Name Carmen Adriana Torres Test Administered WAIS—IV (11/28/2012) Age at Testing 49 years 9 months Retest? No WAIS—IV Comments Score Summary WAIS—IV Scale Score Verbal Comprehension 118 Perceptual
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3 Developing Vocabulary in Second Language Acquisition: From Theories to the Classroom Jeff G. Mehring Abstract This paper examines the theories behind vocabulary acquisition in second language learning in order to put these theories into practice in a class. Learning vocabulary is an ongoing process which requires systematic repetition to help students learn‚ especially low context vocabulary. Students can retain the vocabulary they find useful and relevant to their subject matter by learning
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Module 1 vocabulary Mathieu Orfila published work on poisons and how they affected animals. Francis Galton studied fingerprints and developed a methodology for their classification. In a book published in 1892‚ Galton showed the uniqueness of fingerprints and how they could be used for identification. Dr. Leone Lattes figured out a way to determine the type of blood from a dried bloodstain and began applying the new test to criminal investigations. Calvin Goddard found a way of using a comparison
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What Makes a Top 20 Hospital: Stanford Hospitals and Clinics DeVry University Stanford Hospitals and Clinics are leaders in human health care on a local‚ national and global scale. Stanford was ranked number 15 of top 20 hospitals in America and number one amongst all hospitals in the San Jose metropolitan area. For the tenth time Stanford also made the U.S News hospitals Honor Roll‚ ranking among the top in ten specialties; cancer‚ cardiology and heart surgery‚ neurology‚ neurosurgery‚
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