Editing Lewis Terman (section)

===Origins of ability===
Terman followed J. McKeen Cattell's work which combined the ideas of [[Wilhelm Wundt]] and [[Francis Galton]] saying that those who are intellectually superior will have better "sensory acuity, strength of grip, sensitivity to pain, and memory for dictated consonants".<ref name=Seagoe>May V. Seagoe (1975). ''Terman and the gifted''. Los Altos, CA: William Kaufmann Inc. 1981. {{ISBN|978-0913232279}}</ref> At [[Clark University]], Terman wrote his doctoral dissertation entitled ''Genius and stupidity: a study of some of the intellectual processes of seven "bright" and seven "stupid" boys''. He administered Cattell's tests on boys who were considered intelligent versus boys who were considered unintelligent.<ref>Terman, L.M. (1906). Genius and stupidity: a study of some of the intellectual processes of seven 'bright' and seven 'stupid' boys. Pedagogical Seminary, 13, pages 307-373.</ref>

Unlike Binet and Simon, whose goal was to identify less able school children in order to aid them with the needed care required, Terman proposed using IQ tests to classify children and put them on the appropriate job-track. He believed IQ was inherited and was the strongest predictor of one's ultimate success in life. {{citation needed|date=May 2015}}