Between 18 Binet studied in his father-in-law's laboratory at the College de France and took courses in botany and zoology. Wolf suggests that these studies preceded those of Piaget's and possibly influenced Piaget in his research. In 1890 Binet published papers that dealt with the observational study of his two daughters. The award committee concluded that Binet had a "gifted and uncommon mind" (Wolf, p. The paper, which received a substantial monetary award from the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, was cited for the demonstration of Binet's competence as an observer and his knowledge of the experimental method. At age thirty Binet completed a paper that stressed the importance of studying the normal individual before studying persons with serious emotional problems. For the next six years he worked in the laboratory of Jean-Martin Charcot, a well-known neurologist, with mental patients and also developed an interest in hypnosis. Soon after, he began reading books in psychology. However, he lost interest in that field and began medical studies, but did not complete them.
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He first entered law school earning his license at age twenty-one and then began study for the doctorate. Binet was also a leader in providing programs for children with mental disabilities and establishing a pedagogical institute to provide appropriate instructional methods.īinet's choice of a career as a psychologist matured outside of any formal educational study. His work on individual differences described in a 1896 article with Victor Henri initiated his work on measuring individual differences and took into account both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of individuals' responses.
As Theta Wolf notes, Binet also was known for his severe criticism of the methods of experimental psychology for its "sterile laboratory conditions" (pp. Using questionnaires, he studied creative artists of his time, such as Alexandre Dumas, in an attempt to provide insight into their methods of work and the sources of their creativity. In his early research, Binet also investigated children's fears. His research included the measurement of individual differences in reaction times, association of auditory times with specific colors, auditory and visual imagery, and children's memory capabilities. Best known for his development with Théodore Simon of the first standardized intelligence test, Alfred Binet can be considered one of the few "renaissance" psychologists of the twentieth century.
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