alleryWhich scale overtook the Stanford-Binet in popularity in the 1960s?
ABinet-Simon scale
BWechsler scale
CRaven's matrices
DKohs blocks
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Wechsler scale
1. Recall the fact: Wechsler's 1939 test gradually overtook the Stanford-Binet.
2. The option "Wechsler scale" matches it.
3. Why the others fail: The Binet-Simon scale was older; Raven and Kohs are non-verbal tests.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Intelligence quotient" (CC BY-SA, rev 1379872450), section "United States military selection in World War I"_
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