Editing Lewis Terman (section)

{{Short description|American educational psychologist, academic, and eugenicist (1877–1956)}}
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| image             = Lewis Madison Terman.jpg
| image_size        = 180px
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| birth_name        = Lewis Madison Terman
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1877|1|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Johnson County, Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1956|12|21|1877|1|15|mf=y}}
| death_place       = [[Palo Alto, California]], U.S.
| nationality       = American
| fields            = [[Psychology]]
| workplaces        = [[Stanford University]]<br />[[Los Angeles Normal School]]
| alma_mater        = [[Clark University]] (Ph.D., 1905)<br />[[Indiana University Bloomington]] (B.A, M.A., 1903)<br />[[Central Normal College]] (B.S., B.Pd., 1894; B.A., 1898)
| doctoral_advisor  = 
| academic_advisors = 
| doctoral_students = [[Harry Harlow]]
| notable_students  = 
| known_for         = IQ testing, Positive Psychology of Talent, eugenics
| awards            = 
}}

'''Lewis Madison Terman''' (January 15, 1877 – December 21, 1956) was an American psychologist, academic, and proponent of [[eugenics]]. He was noted as a pioneer in [[educational psychology]] in the early 20th century at the [[Stanford University Graduate School of Education|Stanford School of Education]]. Terman is best known for his revision of the [[Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales]] and for initiating the longitudinal study of children with high IQs called the [[Genetic Studies of Genius]].<ref>Sears, R. R. (1957). L. M. Terman, pioneer in mental measurement. ''Science, 125'', pages 978-979. doi:10.1126/science.125.3255.978</ref> As a prominent [[eugenics|eugenicist]], he was a member of the [[Human Betterment Foundation]], the [[American Eugenics Society]], and the Eugenics Research Association, believing in genetic racial associations with intelligence.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://stanforddaily.com/2019/11/06/eugenics-on-the-farm-lewis-terman/ |title=Eugenics on the Farm: Lewis Terman |last=Maldonado |first=Ben |date=2019-11-06 |website=stanforddaily.com |publisher=The Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation}}</ref> He also served as president of the [[American Psychological Association]]. A ''[[Review of General Psychology]]'' survey, published in 2002, ranked Terman as the 72nd most cited psychologist of the 20th century, in a tie with [[G. Stanley Hall]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century |journal=Review of General Psychology |volume=6 |issue=2 |year=2002 |pages=139–152 |doi=10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139 |url=http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug02/eminent.aspx |last1=Haggbloom |first1=Steven J. |last2=Warnick |first2=Renee |last3=Warnick |first3=Jason E. |last4=Jones |first4=Vinessa K. |last5=Yarbrough |first5=Gary L. |last6=Russell |first6=Tenea M. |last7=Borecky |first7=Chris M. |last8=McGahhey |first8=Reagan |last9=Powell III |first9=John L. |last10=Beavers |first10=Jamie |last11=Monte |first11=Emmanuelle|s2cid=145668721 |citeseerx=10.1.1.586.1913}}</ref>