alleryWho devised the concept of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) in 1912?
AAlfred Binet
BLewis Terman
CDavid Wechsler
DWilliam Stern
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. William Stern
1. Binet and Simon gave Mental Age in 1908.
2. In 1912 the German psychologist William Stern devised IQ.
3. IQ is mental age divided by chronological age, times 100.
_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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