The Measurement of Intelligence
Manual
By: Lewis M. Terman
Date: 1916
Source: Terman, Lewis M. The Measurement of Intelligence: An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916.
About the Author: Lewis M. Terman (1877–1956), well-known for his longitudinal study of gifted children, received his undergraduate and masters degree from Indiana University, and his Ph.D. from Clark University. He was a professor of education and psychology at Stanford University, and he worked with the U.S. Army during World War I (1914–1918) testing and classifying recruits.
Introduction
Beginning in the 1890s, William James and others developed what was called the "New Psychology" based on "objective" science. While the study of human behavior had once been the exclusive realm of theology and...
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