Which idea did the 1908 revision of the Binet scale introduce?
AMental Age (MA)
BStandard score (SS)
CPercentile rank
DEmotional quotient
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Mental Age (MA)
1. In 1905 Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon made the first successful attempt.
2. Their 1908 revision introduced Mental Age.
3. The other pairs worked on theories or later tests.
_Source: NCERT Class XII Psychology, Ch 1 Variations in Psychological Attributes (ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/lepy101.pdf), "Assessment of Intelligence"_
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