“Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual is a fixed quantity, a quantity that cannot be augmented. We must protest and react against this brutal pessimism; we will try to demonstrate that it is founded on nothing.” TryingSeemsIndividualGivenMoralIntelligentPhilosopherFixedProtestPessimismQuantityApprovalBrutalVerdict Author:Alfred Binet
“A person may be a moron or an imbecile if he is lacking in judgment; but with good judgment he can never be either. Indeed the rest of the intellectual faculties seem of little importance in comparison with judgment.” IfsMayLittlesPersonsSeemsJudgmentIntellectualImportanceComparisonFacultyLackingMoronImbecilesGood Judgment Book:Significant contributions to the history of psychology: 1750-1920 Source: Significant contributions to the history of psychology: 1750-1920
“It seems to us that in intelligence there is a fundamental faculty, the alteration or the lack of which, is of the utmost importance for practical life. This faculty is judgment, otherwise called good sense, practical sense, initiative, the faculty of adapting one's self to circumstances. A person may be a moron or an imbecile if he is lacking in judgment; but with good judgment he can never be either. Indeed the rest of the intellectual faculties seem of little importance in comparison with judgment.” IfsMayLittlesPersonsSelfSeemsCircumstancesJudgmentIntellectualImportanceFundamentalsPracticalsComparisonFacultyInitiativeLackingGood SenseMoronAdaptingAlterationsImbecilesGood JudgmentPractical Life Author:Alfred Binet
