The Washington herald., 1912-06-09
BINET TEST SURE METHOD
OF TELLING WEAK-MINDED
Invention of French Physician Is Used Daily by Dis
triCt School and Juvenile Court Authorities.
Some Peculiar Cases.

The retarded child will forget two Of
the commissions while executing the
third. The child is required to know its
age. and to tell whether It is afternoon
or morning.
The seven-year-old child is shown
pictures Of three human heads, one Lack
ing eyes, another noseless, and one with
out mouth; and a human body without
arms The child is asked to criticise
them. The mentally retarded child will
see nothing wrong with the eyeless
creature, will probably say that the man
with the noseless face has no body, will
suggest that the armless man has no
collar, and will add that the fourth man
had his mouth smashed in" The child
is then asked the number Of fingers
on his right and left hands and the
number on both. He is asked to copy
the phrase, The little Paul" He Is
shown a diamond figure, and is required
to copy 1t also. The child is asked to
repeat the figures 4, Z, 3, 9, s. He is
shown pictures, and is requested to de-
scribe them The child is required to
count thirteen pennies by pointing to
them. He is shown a Nickel penny,
dime, and quarter. and is required to
name them.
Can Read Quickly.
The eight-year-old subject, If normal,
is able to read ffty-three words in
forty-five seconds, and to remember per-
fectly what he has read. He is required
to count six stamps. Six seconds are
given him within which TO recognize the
colors red, blue, green, and yellow. He
is required TO count backward from
twenty TO one in twenty seconds. He
must write from dictation the phrase,
The pretty little girls" The child is
then asked to distinguish between but
terfiy'' and fly" between wood" and
glass" and between paper" and
cloth"
The normal child Of nine years can tell
the date and repeat the days Of the week
in ten seconds. He can make the right
cents. The child is required to arrange
three loaded pill boxes according Eto
weight in three seconds. He must define
a number of words.
The twelve-year-old boy, with normal
mental development, is able 10 name the
months of the year in fifteen seconds
He can name money of l cent, cent, 10
cent, . cent, 30 cent, 81, s., s. and SO
denominations. He is required to COM
pose a sentence using the words Wash
ington." money" and river" He Is
asked eight questions, and is given twen-
ty seconds in which to comprehend each
one.
The eleven-year-old subject is first told
five incOngruous stories-one about an
'cyclst, one about three
brothers q police story. q story of a rail-
road accident, and one Of an unlucky
day. He is given two seconds within
which to point the sbsurdity Of each
story. He is required to compose q SEN
tence, using the words Washington"
money" and river" He must then
name sixty words in three minutes, after
which he is required to define charity"
Justice" and goodness" He is given
one second in which TO put each Of the
dissected sentences together:
Hour for we good at park a started
the" ITO asked exercise my have teach
er correct my l." and "A defends dog
good his courageously master" Two Of
the sentences must be given correctly.
Can Repeat Figures.
The normal child twelve years old Il
able to repeat the figures 2, 9. 6, 4, 3, 7,
5; g ,, s. l, 6. 4; l. 6, 3, 8, s. 4. Z. Three |
trials are given, and one successful at |
tempt is required. The subject is then |
required TO name as many words as pos |
sible in a second rhyming with Spring |