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This research revealed, however, that people"s abilities on different sensory tests were not correlated with each other, or only very weakly: for example, having exceptional eyesight seemed to signify little about whether one would have exceptional hearing. As a result, galton"s approach to measuring intelligence was generally abandoned. Intelligence and thinking: the stanford-binet test: alfred binet argued that intelligence should be indicated by more complex thinking processes, such as memory, attention and comprehension, this view has influenced most intelligence researchers up the present day. They define intelligence: the ability to think, understand, reason and adapt to or overcome obstacles: from this perspective, intelligence reflects how well people are able to reason and solve problems, plus their accumulated knowledge. In 1904, binet and his colleague, theodore simon, were hired by the french government to develop a test to measure intelligence. French educators struggled to deliver a curriculum to students ranging from the very bright to those who found.
