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IntelligenceWhat is it? Individual Differences in Cognitive Abilities wide range of variation in children’s cognitive abilities for a given age group most common methods of assessment are standardized tests of intelligence Binet and Simon Binet: 1st intelligence test in 1904 Binet Simon created a series of cognitive tasks: memory for numbers attention reading comprehension mathematics reasoning computation skills general information Binet and Simon’s Test USED to identify children who need special help in school Mental Age (MA): based on the # of items a child gets correct relative to t