Psychology 2043A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Lewis Terman, Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales, Gifted Education
12 Nov 2018
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Chapter 10: children who have special gifts and talents. U. s. 12th graders performed below average for 21 countries on a test of general knowledge in mathematics and science. In 2004, china graduated about 500,000 engineers and india graduated 200,000, as compared with 70,000 in america. In 2001, u. s. industry spent more on tort litigation than on research and development. Ancient greeks honored the philosopher and the orator, and romans valued the engineer and the soldier. In the united states, early definitions of giftedness were tied to performance on the. Stanford-binet intelligence test, which lewis terman developed during and after world. War i: they represented from 1 to 3 percent of their age-group population. This combination of forces is referred to as talent development, with the end goal of adult eminence. Subotnik et al. (2011) suggest that eminence, meaning high rank or importance, should be the goal of gifted education.
