Lewis Terman
Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 – December 21, 1956) was an American psychologist, academic, and proponent of
eugenics. He was noted as a pioneer in
educational psychology in the early 20th century at the
Stanford School of Education. Terman is best known for his revision of the
Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales and for initiating the longitudinal study of children with high IQs called the
Genetic Studies of Genius. As a prominent
eugenicist, he was a member of the
Human Betterment Foundation, the
American Eugenics Society, and the Eugenics Research Association, believing in genetic racial associations with intelligence. He also served as president of the
American Psychological Association. A ''
Review of General Psychology'' survey, published in 2002, ranked Terman as the 72nd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, in a tie with
G. Stanley Hall.
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