16. VBT in History (1910s): Too Many Eugenicists
Very Bad Therapy
English - September 02, 2019 07:30 - 43 minutes - 35.5 MB - ★★★★ - 318 ratingsMental Health Health & Fitness Science Social Sciences mentalhealth counseling psychotherapy therapy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Lewis Terman was one of the most influential innovators in educational psychology and IQ testing. He also believed that segregating and sterilizing "feebleminded" individuals - as determined by a biased paradigm of general intelligence - was the necessary path toward a better society. This is the second installment in our monthly series on very bad therapy through the decades.
Show Notes:
The Uses of Intelligence Tests (Terman, 1916) The Vexing Legacy of Lewis Terman The Kallikak Family (Wikipedia) Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (PBS) Very Bad Therapy: Website / Facebook