The original purpose for developing the first intelligence tests in the early part of the twentieth century was:
A) to identify children who would not do well in school
B) to provide a reason to discriminate against children from African descent
C) to give the French government a means of selecting especially talented children for placement in state-funded educational programs for the gifted
D) to study how physical health and intelligence were related

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Although intelligence tests have served to select gifted children, they have been used to support discriminatory policies and practices, and they do help researchers understand the relationships between intelligence and wide range of other variables, their original purpose in France was to allow the government to select children who would be less likely to benefit from formal education.

The Original Purpose for Developing the First Intelligence Tests in the Early