Robert Yerkes, past president of the American Psychological Association, chaired a committee in which Terman and others served that developed verbal and non-verbal tests of the SATs.

Robert Yerkes was indeed a past president of the American Psychological Association and he did chair a committee during World War I that developed the Army Alpha and Beta tests, which were intelligence tests for military recruits. However, these tests are not directly related to the development of the SATs. The SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) was developed later, with Carl Brigham, who was influenced by the Army Alpha and Beta tests, playing a significant role in its creation.