One of the odd twists in the history of psychology is that Binet and Simon's test started out as a way to measure____________, but was adapted by others into a measure of ________________.
A) academic achievement; innate intelligence
B) innate intelligence; academic achievement
C) chronological age; mental age
D) mental age; chronological age

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Binet and Simon originally developed their test to measure academic achievement, but it was later adapted by others, notably in the United States by Lewis Terman, to measure innate intelligence, leading to the development of the IQ test.

One of the Odd Twists in the History of Psychology