Lewis William Stern (1871-1938) was a German psychologist and philosopher born in Berlin. He received his PhD in psychology from the University of Berlin in 1893. He taught at Breslau from 1897 to 1916, and then at Hamburg from 1916 to 1933. Stern, a Jew, was ousted by Hitler's regime after the rise of Nazi power. He fled first to Holland, then to the United States in 1933, where he taught at Duke University until his demise in 1938. He introduced to intelligence testing the concept of the intelligence quotient or I.Q., the practice of dividing the developmental age by the chronological age. Stern's philosophy was expressed as a form of personalism. // Basic Information Berlin â¶(?), IPA: , is the capital of Germany and its largest city; the city is now home to 3. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page â a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... There is no institution called the University of Berlin, but there are four universities in Berlin, Germany: Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Technical University of Berlin (Technische Universität Berlin) Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin) This is... Wrocław. ... Hamburg is Germanys second largest city (after Berlin) and, with the Hamburg Harbour, its principal port. ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... Holland is a region in the central-western part of the Netherlands. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Duke Chapel Duke University is a private, coeducational university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Although founded only in 1924, Duke traces its roots back to 1838. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... IQ tests are designed to be approximately normally distributed, which results in a bell curve graph of IQ score frequency. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
Books
The Psychological Methods of Intelligence Testing (1912)
General Psychology from the Personalistic Standpoint (1938)
WilliamStern is also the name of the father in the 1986-1988 "Baby M" custody battle.
William Lewis Stern (1871-1938) was a German psychologist and philosopher noted as a pioneer in the field of the psychology of personality and intelligence.
Stern was born in Berlin, the grandson of the German-Jewish reform philosopher Sigismund Stern.He received his PhD in psychology from the University of Berlin in 1893.