The Dutch curve
The introduction and reception of intelligence testing in the Netherlands, 1908-1940
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4765023 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ernst Mulder (University of Amsterdam), Frieda Heyting (University of Amsterdam) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 349-366 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1520-6696(199823)34:4<349::aid-jhbs1>3.0.co;2-m |
| OpenAlex | W2085473809 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
In the Netherlands, intelligence testing has been pragmatic and has not generated the heated controversies found in other cultures. Four historical reasons are presented for this paradoxical development. First, the Binet test was used mainly as a diagnostic instrument for professional judgments about admission to special education. Second, the eugenic use of IQ tests was moderated by the marginal position of eugenics in Dutch society. Third, the process of pillarization gave considerable power to denominational groups in Dutch society, and they strongly criticized deterministic ideas about the heredity of intelligence. Fourth, the educational scientist, cognitive psychologist, philosopher, and government adviser, Philip Kohnstamm, was very influential in Dutch science and politics. He rejected intelligence testing and its deterministic connotations in favor of the idea of the educability of cognitive capacities.
Cognition · Cognitive test · Eugenics · Government (linguistics) · Heredity · Intellectual ability · Intelligence quotient · Political science · Psychiatry · Social science · Sociology · Test (biology) · Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale · Law · Medical History and Research · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
The Definition of a Profession
In the Name of Eugenics
Psychological Testing and American Society, 1890-1930
The other Alfred Binet
The Meritocratic Intellect
In search of human nature
On the uses of history
After Binet
Charles Spearman and the general factor in intelligence
The Bell Curve and the shape of history
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2022 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |