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Lewis Terman, the Glossary

Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 – December 21, 1956) was an American psychologist, academic, and proponent of eugenics.^[1]

71 relations: Abstraction, Alfred Binet, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Eugenics Society, American Philosophical Society, American Psychological Association, Aptitude, Army Alpha, Army Beta, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bias, Binet-Simon Intelligence Test, California, Canterbury College (Indiana), Carl Brigham, Chair (officer), Clark University, Cognitive epidemiology, Compulsory sterilization, David Wechsler, Doctor of Philosophy, E. S. Gosney, Educational psychology, Edward Thorndike, Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, Eugenics, Eugenics in the United States, Eugenics Record Office, France, Francis Galton, Frederick Terman, G factor (psychometrics), G. Stanley Hall, Genetic Studies of Genius, Harry Harlow, Head teacher, Henry H. Goddard, Heritability of IQ, Human Betterment Foundation, Indiana University Bloomington, Intellectual giftedness, Intelligence quotient, John B. Watson, Johnson County, Indiana, Leta Stetter Hollingworth, Longitudinal study, Master of Arts, National Academy of Sciences, Palo Alto Unified School District, ... Expand index (21 more) »
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Abstraction

Abstraction is a process wherein general rules and concepts are derived from the usage and classification of specific examples, literal (real or concrete) signifiers, first principles, or other methods.

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Alfred Binet

Alfred Binet (8 July 1857 – 18 October 1911), born Alfredo Binetti, was a French psychologist who together with Théodore Simon invented the first practical intelligence test, the Binet–Simon test.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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American Eugenics Society

The American Eugenics Society (AES) was a pro-eugenics organization dedicated to "furthering the discussion, advancement, and dissemination of knowledge about biological and sociocultural forces which affect the structure and composition of human populations".

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American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.

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American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association (APA) is the main professional organization of psychologists in the United States, and the largest psychological association in the world.

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Aptitude

An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level.

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Army Alpha

The Army Alpha is a group-administered test developed by Robert Yerkes and six others in order to evaluate the many U.S. military recruits during World War I.

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Army Beta

The Army Beta 1917 is the non-verbal complement of the Army Alpha—a group-administered test developed by Robert Yerkes and six other committee members to evaluate some 1.5 million military recruits in the United States during World War I.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.

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Bias

* Bias is a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is inaccurate, closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair.

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Binet-Simon Intelligence Test

The Binet-Simon Intelligence Test was the first working intelligence test.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Canterbury College (Indiana)

Canterbury College was a private institution located in Danville, Indiana, United States from 1878 to 1951.

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Carl Brigham

Carl Campbell Brigham (May 4, 1890 – January 24, 1943) was an American eugenicist and professor of psychology at Princeton University's Department of Psychology and a pioneer in the field of psychometrics. Lewis Terman and Carl Brigham are American eugenicists and American intelligence researchers.

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Chair (officer)

The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.

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Clark University

Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Cognitive epidemiology

Cognitive epidemiology is a field of research that examines the associations between intelligence test scores (IQ scores or extracted ''g''-factors) and health, more specifically morbidity (mental and physical) and mortality.

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Compulsory sterilization

Compulsory sterilization, also known as forced or coerced sterilization, refers to any government-mandated program to involuntarily sterilize a specific group of people.

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David Wechsler

David "Weshy" Wechsler (January 12, 1896 – May 2, 1981) was a Romanian-American psychologist. Lewis Terman and David Wechsler are American educational psychologists.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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E. S. Gosney

Ezra Seymour Gosney (November 6, 1855 – September 14, 1942) was an American businessman and philanthropist who supported the practice of eugenics. Lewis Terman and e. S. Gosney are American eugenicists.

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Educational psychology

Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning.

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Edward Thorndike

Edward Lee Thorndike (August 31, 1874 – August 9, 1949) was an American psychologist who spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University. Lewis Terman and Edward Thorndike are American educational psychologists, American eugenicists and Presidents of the American Psychological Association.

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Ellwood Patterson Cubberley

Ellwood Patterson Cubberley (June 6, 1868 – September 14, 1941) was an American educator, a eugenicist, and a pioneer in the field of education management. Lewis Terman and Ellwood Patterson Cubberley are Stanford Graduate School of Education faculty.

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Eugenics

Eugenics is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population.

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Eugenics in the United States

Eugenics, the set of beliefs and practices which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population, played a significant role in the history and culture of the United States from the late 19th century into the mid-20th century.

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Eugenics Record Office

The Eugenics Record Office (ERO), located in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, United States, was a research institute that gathered biological and social information about the American population, serving as a center for eugenics and human heredity research from 1910 to 1939.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Francis Galton

Sir Francis Galton (16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was a British polymath and the originator of the behavioral genetics movement during the Victorian era. Lewis Terman and Francis Galton are Psychometricians.

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Frederick Terman

Frederick Emmons Terman (June 7, 1900 – December 19, 1982) was an American professor and academic administrator.

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G factor (psychometrics)

The g factor (also known as general intelligence, general mental ability or general intelligence factor) is a construct developed in psychometric investigations of cognitive abilities and human intelligence.

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G. Stanley Hall

Granville Stanley Hall (February 1, 1844 – April 24, 1924) was an American psychologist and educator who earned the first doctorate in psychology awarded in the United States of America at Harvard College in the nineteenth century. Lewis Terman and G. Stanley Hall are American educational psychologists and Presidents of the American Psychological Association.

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Genetic Studies of Genius

The Genetic Studies of Genius, later known as the Terman Study of the Gifted,Holahan, C. K., & Sears, R. R. (1995).

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Harry Harlow

Harry Frederick Harlow (October 31, 1905 – December 6, 1981) was an American psychologist best known for his maternal-separation, dependency needs, and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys, which manifested the importance of caregiving and companionship to social and cognitive development. Lewis Terman and Harry Harlow are Presidents of the American Psychological Association.

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Head teacher

A headmaster/headmistress, head teacher, head, school administrator, principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management of the school.

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Henry H. Goddard

Henry Herbert Goddard (August 14, 1866 – June 18, 1957) was an American psychologist, eugenicist, and segregationist during the early 20th century. Lewis Terman and Henry H. Goddard are American eugenicists, American intelligence researchers, Clark University alumni and people involved in race and intelligence controversies.

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Heritability of IQ

Research on the heritability of IQ inquires into the degree of variation in IQ within a population that is due to genetic variation between individuals in that population. Lewis Terman and heritability of IQ are factors related to intelligence.

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Human Betterment Foundation

The Human Betterment Foundation (HBF) was an American eugenics organization established in Pasadena, California in 1928 by E. S. Gosney and Rufus B. von KleinSmid, President of the University of Southern California, with the aim "to foster and aid constructive and educational forces for the protection and betterment of the human family in body, mind, character, and citizenship".

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Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Intellectual giftedness

Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average.

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Intelligence quotient

An intelligence quotient (IQ) is a total score derived from a set of standardised tests or subtests designed to assess human intelligence.

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John B. Watson

John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878 – September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school. Lewis Terman and John B. Watson are Presidents of the American Psychological Association.

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Johnson County, Indiana

Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Leta Stetter Hollingworth

Leta Stetter Hollingworth (25 May 1886 – 27 November 1939) was an American psychologist, educator, and feminist. Lewis Terman and Leta Stetter Hollingworth are American intelligence researchers.

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Longitudinal study

A longitudinal study (or longitudinal survey, or panel study) is a research design that involves repeated observations of the same variables (e.g., people) over long periods of time (i.e., uses longitudinal data).

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.

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Palo Alto Unified School District

The Palo Alto Unified School District is a public school district located near Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.

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Palo Alto Weekly

The Palo Alto Weekly is a weekly community newspaper in Palo Alto in the U.S. state of California.

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Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto (Spanish for) is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto.

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Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

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Professor

Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.

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Provost (education)

A provost is a senior academic administrator.

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Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior.

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Psychology Today

Psychology Today is an American media organization with a focus on psychology and human behavior.

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Review of General Psychology

Review of General Psychology is the quarterly scientific journal of the American Psychological Association Division 1: The Society for General Psychology.

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Robert Richardson Sears

Robert Richardson Sears (August 31, 1908 – May 22, 1989) was an American psychologist who specialized in child psychology and the psychology of personality. Lewis Terman and Robert Richardson Sears are Presidents of the American Psychological Association and Stanford University Department of Psychology faculty.

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San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino is a city in and the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States.

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Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley is a region in Northern California that is a global center for high technology and innovation.

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Stanford University

Stanford University (officially Leland Stanford Junior University) is a private research university in Stanford, California.

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Stanford University Graduate School of Education

The Stanford University Graduate School of Education (Stanford GSE or GSE) is one of the top education schools in the United States.

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Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales

The Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales (or more commonly the Stanford–Binet) is an individually administered intelligence test that was revised from the original Binet–Simon Scale by Alfred Binet and Théodore Simon.

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Théodore Simon

Théodore Simon (10 July 1873 – 4 September 1961) was a French psychiatrist who worked with Alfred Binet to develop the Binet-Simon scale, one of the most widely used scales in the world for measuring intelligence.

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The Mercury News

The Mercury News (formerly San Jose Mercury News, often locally known as The Merc) is a morning daily newspaper published in San Jose, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Wilhelm Wundt

Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physiologist, philosopher, and professor, one of the fathers of modern psychology.

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William Shockley

William Bradford Shockley Jr. (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American inventor, physicist, and eugenicist. Lewis Terman and William Shockley are American eugenicists and people involved in race and intelligence controversies.

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William Stern (psychologist)

William Stern (born Ludwig Wilhelm Stern; April 29, 1871 – March 27, 1938) was a German American psychologist and philosopher who originated personalistic psychology, which placed emphasis on the individual by examining measurable personality traits as well as the interaction of those traits within each person to create the self.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Terman

Also known as Lewis M. Terman, Lewis Madison Terman, Louis Terman.

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See also

Canterbury College (Indiana) alumni

Inventors from Indiana

Stanford Graduate School of Education faculty

Stanford University Department of Psychology faculty

References