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1. Thorndike, Edward Lee Thorndikenoun

   United States educational psychologist (1874-1949)

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1. edward lee thorndike

   Edward Lee Thorndike (August 31, 1874 – August 9, 1949) was an American psychologist who spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University. His work on comparative psychology and the learning process led to the theory of connectionism and helped lay the scientific foundation for educational psychology. He also worked on solving industrial problems, such as employee exams and testing. He was a member of the board of the Psychological Corporation and served as president of the American Psychological Association in 1912. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Thorndike as the ninth-most cited psychologist of the 20th century. Edward Thorndike had a powerful impact on reinforcement theory and behavior analysis, providing the basic framework for empirical laws in behavior psychology with his law of effect. Through his contributions to the behavioral psychology field came his major impacts on education, where the law of effect has great influence in the classroom.

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1. edward lee thorndike

   Edward Lee Thorndike was an American psychologist who was considered a pioneer in connectionism and educational psychology. He is best known for his learning theory that was based on the idea that any behavior that is followed by pleasant consequences is likely to be repeated, and any behavior followed by unpleasant consequences are likely to be stopped - a theory widely known as the Law of Effect. He extensively studied animal behavior, and his research went on to influence both human and animal training. He lived from 1874-1949.

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