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Binet, Alfred (1857–1911)

Abstract: Alfred Binet's impact on the field of psychology is unequaled, with the possible exception of Sigmund Freud. In retrospect, it appears that quite ironically Alfred Binet's most outstanding contribution is the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale, which owes its popularity (though not its conceptualization) largely to the work of Lewis Terman rather than to Binet himself. The intelligence scale became the tree that hid the forest: Much of Binet's exceptional, and often revolutionary, research was largely ignored on account of the overwhelming visibility that his work on intelligence testing achieved. A thorough review of his bibliography shows that his research interests spread a wide range of topics, including but not limited to anatomy, animal magnetism, audition, chess players, court witnesses, double consciousness, fetishism in love, graphology, intellectual exhaustion, intelligence, intelligence assessment, hallucinations, hysteria, inhibition, language, literary creation, memory, mental alienation, mental images, moral responsibility, movement, pedagogy, perception, phrenology, physiology, reasoning, retardation and academic underachievement, the soul, and suggestibility. Though at first glance these topics may seem unrelated, there really are two consistent threads throughout Binet's life and work. The first is a commitment to experimental psychology. The second is his pursuit to understand the complexities of the human mind in order to establish ‘an individual psychology.’