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Lewis Terman Quotes

We have seen that intellect and achievement are far from perfectly correlated.

We have seen that intellect and achievement are far from perfectly correlated.

Lewis Terman
Achievement, Intellect
Lewis Madison Terman (1947). “Genetic Studies of Genius ...: The gifted child grows up; twenty-five years' follow-up of a superior group, by L. M. Terman and M. H. Oden”

There is nothing about an individual as important as his IQ, except possibly his morals.

Lewis Terman
Psychology, Individuality, Intelligence

It is evident, therefore, that one of the most fundamental problems of psychology is that of investigating the laws of mental growth. When these laws are known, the door of the future will in a measure be opened; determination of the child's present status will enable us to forecast what manner of adult he will become.

Lewis Terman
Determination, Children, Future
Lewis Madison Terman (1919). “The Intelligence of School Children: How Children Differ in Ability, the Use of Mental Tests in School Grading and the Proper Education of Exceptional Children”

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