9 Edward Thorndike Quotes for You to Enjoy

Edward Thorndike

American Psychologist

Born: Aug 31, 1874

Died: Aug 9, 1949

Animal Animals Behavior Life Man Nature

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Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods. Edward Thorndike

Education Behavior Problems Men Changes Aims Topics Characters Concerned Materials Methods Human Being Certain Means Included Roughly Four

Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature. Edward Thorndike

Nature Learning Events Rare Power Controlling Think Synonymous Ability Having Ideas Learn Isolated Intellect Accustomed Human Human Beings Really Beings

Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable. Edward Thorndike

Aim Attainable Probability Psychology Measure Helps

There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are no ideas - the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform. Edward Thorndike

Food Together Animal Think Thinking About He Putting Perform Ideas Box Does Inference Process Act Reasoning Comparison Things Two

To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been spent on the study of the body and so little on the study of the mind. Edward Thorndike

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals. Edward Thorndike

Intelligence Matter Animals Folk Find Fact Human Eager

So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act. Edward Thorndike

Animal Situation Finally Only Performs Fitting Act

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