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And what do you think this definition adds to that of 
Mr. Lambert and Mr. Williams? 
Miss H: I am afraid it is just as vague and ambiguous. 
It doesn’t seem to say anything at all about ability to 
learn in a special way or in a particular subject, which is 
what you have just been talking about. Still, not all 
psychologists give this definition. , There is a later school 
of applied psychologists who define intelligence in a way 
which I am sure will meet your requirements. 
Mr. L: And what way is that? 
Miss H: Well, I can’t seem to remember that they 
exactly define intelligence. They measure, rather than 
define it. By means of tests such as the Binet-Simon 
series and other intelligence tests they can tell pretty 
accurately how much intelligence a person has. 
Mr. L: Oh, yes. I have heard about the intelligence 
tests. They used them in the army very extensively- 
And the Binet-Simon series is used in many schools. But 
are we not using the same tests here? 
Miss H: Not any more—except that we make occa 
sional use of the Binet-Simon scale. 
Mr. W: Indeed? Please tell us a little more about 
the Binet-Simon tests, Miss Hurlbut. What are they 
like? 
Miss H: Well, they require a person to repeat sentences 
that grow longer and longer; and numbers of increasing 
size. And they ask questions as to what you would d° 
if you were late to an appointment, or what path a cannon 
ball would take if shot from one level to another; and the 
difference between words like poverty and misery, evolu- 
tion and revolution; and the meaning of words in a long 
vocabulary; and a great many other things. There nr® 
different tests for every age. The vocabulary test is th e