Louis terman biography

Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 - December 21, 1956) was an Americanpsychologist, noted as a pioneer in cognitive psychology. He is best known as the creator of the Stanford-Binet IQ test, based on the work of Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon.

He was a prominent eugenicist and was a member of the Human Betterment Foundation. He was a pioneer of longitudinal methods of study and his research on gifted children laid the foundation for further work in the field. Although his own study of gifted children, known as his "Termites," reflected his own bias and contained several design flaws, it succeeded in convincing the public that being judged highly intelligent was an asset that could be nurtured and lead to success and happiness.

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Life

Lewis Madison Terman was born on January 15, 1877, on a farm in Johnson County, Indiana, seventeen miles southeast of Indianapolis. He was the twelfth of fourteen children. When he was 15, he enrolled in the Central Normal College at