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Date of Birth
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15-January-1877
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Place of Birth
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Johnson County
(Indiana, Indianapolis metropolitan area)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Lewis Madison Terman, Lewis M Terman
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Profession
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Psychologist
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Lewis Madison Terman was an American psychologist, noted as a pioneer in educational psychology in the early 20th century at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He is best known for his revision of the Stanford-Binet IQ test and for initiating the longitudinal study of children with high IQs called the Genetic Studies of Genius. He was a prominent eugenicist and was a member of the Human Betterment Foundation. He also served as president of the American Psychological Association.
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