<P> He did a lot of studies of children . His experimental subjects ranged from 3 to 18 years old . Binet published the third version of the Binet - Simon scale shortly before his death in 1911 . The Binet - Simon scale was and is hugely popular around the world, mainly because of the vast literature it has fostered, as well as its relative ease of administration . </P> <P> Since his death, many people in many ways have honored Binet, but two of these stand out . In 1917, the Free Society for the Psychological Study of the Child, of which Binet became a member in 1899 and which prompted his development of the intelligence tests, changed their name to La Société Alfred Binet, in memory of the renowned psychologist . The second honor was not until 1984, when the journal Science 84 picked the Binet - Simon scale as one of twenty of the century's most significant developments or discoveries . </P> <P> He studied sexual behavior, coining the term erotic fetishism to describe individuals whose sexual interests in nonhuman objects, such as articles of clothing, and linking this to the after - effects of early impressions in an anticipation of Freud . </P> <P> He also studied abilities of Valentine Dencausse, the most famous chiromancer in Paris in those days . </P>

Who is considered primarily responsible for initiating the testing movement in human history