Hisresearchis the longest-lasting longitudinal study ever conducted.
His work contributed to the understanding of how intelligence influences life success, health, and outcomes.
While few of his peers studied past the 8th-grade, Terman was both bookish and ambitious.
His early experiences were perhaps what fueled his later passion for studying intelligence and giftedness.
He then went on to earn a BA and MA from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1903.
In 1905, he earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from Clark University.
Terman was also a noted eugenicist, once citing Francis Galton as a prime influence.
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Terman, L. M. (1925).Genetic Studies of Genius.
Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Terman, L. M. (1930).Autobiography of Lewis Terman.
In Carl A. Murchison, and Edwin G. Boring.A History of Psychology in Autobiography.
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Terman, L. M., and Merrill, M. A.
(1937).Measuring Intelligence: A Guide to the Administration of the new Revised Stanford-Binet tests of Intelligence.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin company.
He advocated for support and guidance for kids identified as gifted for nurture their talents and abilities.
In one study ranking the most influential psychologists of the 20th century, Terman was tied withG.
Stanley Hallat number 72.
Terman died on December 21, 1956.
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