Terman, Lewis M.
Terman, Lewis M. (Madison) (1877–1956), a United States psychologist. In 1916 Terman published the Stanford-Binet test, an American revision of the children's individual intelligence test developed by the French psychologist Alfred Binet. Terman's test was the first important American intelligence test; a version of it is today probably the most widely used test of its kind. Terman later developed several group intelligence tests and also conducted valuable studies of persons of superior intelligence.
Terman was born in Johnson County, Indiana. He attended Indiana University and Clark University, where in 1905 he received a Ph.D. degree. He taught at Stanford University, 1910–42.