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Terman conducted a study where he followed higher IQ students through life. He found that those with a higher IQ were healthier, taller, and more socially adapted than other subjects in the study

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The Stanford-Binet test was the most widely used intelligence test in the psychology field until its revision in 1937.

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History of intelligence testing
Lewis Terman

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The term Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is used colloquially, however the actual concept is no longer used in psychological fields. It has been adapted to the more widely used Weschler Intelligence Scale.

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After the outbreak of World War II, the Stanford-Binet test was used to screen recruits for the United States army. In addition, it was used to generalize about groups of immigrants, and then restricting the number of immigrants allowed from a region or country.

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The Stanford Binet test gave a single number as a result, which was the person's mental age, divided by their chronological age, multiplied by 100.

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Terman was an American Psychologist who adapted the intelligence scale in an attempt to standardize it to American Demographics.

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Binet expressed that intelligence was too broad to measure with just one number, and that environmental and situational factor could affect the number. He also believed that it was not a measure of inherent intelligence, rather that the number could change over time.

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Binet emphasized the limitations of the test, and saw the possibility that the test could be used to justify prejudice, and did not intend for it to be used that way

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This intelligence test was used for many years, especially to pin point students that needed additional attention from teachers. It used the concept of mental age to compare results of an individuals test to their age group.

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French Psychologist who used testing to compare french school children to others in their age group, which is where the term mental age originated