Start of IQ Testing
In the wacky annals of IQ test history, Paul Broca and Sir Francis Galton once believed they could divine smarts by measuring skull sizes. 🧠💀 They figured bigger noggins equaled bigger brains, but alas, the genius-swellometer was a bit off!
Meanwhile, Wilhelm Wundt pondered the profound connection between introspection (thinking about your own thoughts) and intelligence. 🤔🙇♂️ Nowadays, we’ve retired these skull-measuring and self-pondering methods from the IQ test playbook, but they sure make for a laughable start!
Now, hold your laughter, because in 1904, Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon were asked by the French Ministry of Education to create an IQ test to separate dim-witted kiddos from just plain lazy ones. 🇫🇷🧒 Their creation? The Simon-Binet IQ test, featuring brain teasers, rhyming word quests, and object naming galore!
They even whipped up a formula: (mental age/chronological age) X 100 to cook up your IQ score. 🤓🧮 The test was a hit in Europe and the good ol’ U.S. of A., proving that even in the wacky world of intelligence measurement, a little laughter can go a long way! 🎉
