Mental and physical traits of a thousand gifted children.

Terman, Lewis M.

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“…MENTALLY defective children are more likely to have small heads than are children of normal intelligence (Brandon et al 1959, Davies and Kirman 1962, Allen 1964, while gifted children tend to have large heads (Terman 1926). Recent evidence suggests a statistical relationship between small head size and low intelligence in patients with cerebral palsy (Plum 1958, Melchior 1961, Glenting 1963, in children in whom brain growth has been restricted due to early malnutrition (Stoch and Smythe 1967), and in individuals exposed in utero to atomic bomb blasts (Wood et al 1967).…”

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Head Size at One Year as a Predictor of Four‐Year IQ

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Deutschberger

1970

Develop Med Child Neuro

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SUMMARY The relationship between head circumference and body length at 50–54 weeks was studied relative to IQ at four years in 9,379 children registered in the Collaborative Project on Cerebral Palsy. All white or Negro children examined within the proper time intervals were included, excepting only those with definite cyanotic congenital heart disease at one year of age. Account was taken of race, sex, and maternal education. 1. Over the range studied, IQ at four years was found to vary directly with both head circumference and body length at one year. 2. At a given small head circumference, four‐year IQ rose with increasing body length. This observation suggests that the clinical dictum that head circumference should be evaluated with reference to the ‘proportionality’ between head size and height requires re‐evaluation. 3. Head sizes in the smallest 0 67 per cent of the population at one year were associated with four‐year iqs of less than 80 in half the cases. No head size within the range studied excluded the possibility of an IQ within the normal range. Differences between this observation and previous reports are discussed. 4. The 1 per cent of children with largest heads at one year had four‐year IQS somewhat higher than children with head sizes at the mean, and a higher proportion of the largest‐headed children had IQS of 120 or more at four years. 5. No boy with a head circumference less than 43 cm or girl with head circumference less than 42 cm at one year of age achieved a four‐year IQ of 120 or more. For male children, a head circumference of less than 44 cm at one year would seem to make it extremely improbable that the four‐year IQ would be 120 or greater. RÉSUMÉ Tour de tète à un an et quotient intellectuel à 4 ans La relation entre le tour de tête et la taille à 50–54 semaines a étéétudiée en fonction du QI à 4 ans chez 9379 enfants inscrits dans le projet coopératif sur l'Infirmité Motrice Cérébrale. Tous les enfants, blancs ou noirs, examinés à intervalles réguliers ont été inclus, exceptés ceux qui présentaient des maladies cardiaques congénitales cyanogènes à 1 an. Ont été relevés, la race, le sexe et l'éducation maternelle. 1. Sur tout le groupe étudié, le QI à 4 ans a été noté comme variant directement en fonction du tour de tête et de la taille à un an. 2. Pour un petit tour de tête donne, le QI à 4 ans augmente en fonction d'une taille plus grande à un an. Cette observation suggère que l'affirmation clinique qui indique que le tour de tête a une signification, qui dépend de la ‘proportionnalité’ entre taille de la tête et taille du corps nécessite d'être reconsidérée. 3. Les tours de tête des 0,67 pour cent de la population les plus petits à 1 an sont associés à un QI à 4 ans inférieur à 80 dans la moitié des cas. Cependant, aucun tour de tête dans les èchantillons ètudiès n'exclue la possibilitè d'un QI normal. On discute la différence entre cette observation et les précédents rapports. 4. Le 1 pour cent des enfants avec le tour de tête le plus grand à un an présente à 4 ans un QI quelqu...

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1970

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“…Unfortunately, it became apparent by the beginning of the 20th century that these measures did not seem particularly relevant to the assessment of intelligence (Wissler, 1901). Yet those empirical disconfirmations did not stop Terman (1925) from subjecting a subsample of his intellectually gifted children to 37 anthropometrical measures!…”

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“…Across all 301, the average uncorrected IQ for the earlier period (to age 16) was 153 ( SD = 15; Simonton, 1976). Certainly, the vast majority would have qualified for inclusion in Terman’s (1925) sample of intellectually gifted children.…”

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“…First, the second volume is sole authored by Catharine Cox (1926), even if it is based on her 1925 doctoral dissertation under Terman’s supervision. In stark contrast, all of the other volumes feature Terman as either the single author (Terman, 1925 “and others”), as the first author of two (Terman & Oden, 1947, 1959), or as the third author of three (Burks et al, 1930). Those authorship contrasts are reflected in the volume titles as well.…”

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“…Her research subjects most often have recognizable names like Galileo, Descartes, Cervantes, Rembrandt, Beethoven, Lincoln, Napoleon, Cromwell, and Luther—the complete list of impressive big names provided on multiple occasions throughout the volume. In comparison, all of the remaining volumes start with the sample of intellectually gifted children that Terman (1925) had studied in the first volume. The samples might alter somewhat due to attrition or other factors (including some late additions), yet the fact remains the same “Termites” were studied in repeated waves from the early 1920s to the late 1950s.…”

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Galton, Terman, Cox: The Distinctive Volume II in Genetic Studies of Genius

Simonton

2020

Gifted Child Quarterly

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With just one exception, all of the volumes in Terman’s Genetic Studies of Genius report the results of a longitudinal study of more than a thousand intellectually gifted children. That single exception is Volume II, Cox’s single-authored The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses, which instead was a retrospective study of 301 eminent creators and leaders, using historiometric methods to estimate their IQs (as well as to assess a subset of 100 on 67 character traits). This article discusses how this volume actually fits with the other four volumes in the set. After giving the historical background, discussion turns to the emergence of Cox’s doctoral dissertation. Then comes a narrative of the aftermath, including subsequent contributions by Cox, Terman, and numerous other researchers extending into the 21st century. The article closes by treating the ways that the intellectually gifted and the historic geniuses are not comparable, thus indicating the need for more recent replications and extensions of her work.

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Morality, Ethics, and Gifted Minds

2009

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Mental and physical traits of a thousand gifted children.

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