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  1. Feb 1, 2024 · Learn about Thorndike's theory of learning by consequences, which influenced Skinner's operant conditioning. Find out how he conducted his famous puzzle box experiment with cats and what are the strengths and limitations of his theory.

  2. Sep 28, 2023 · Edward Thorndike was a founder of modern educational psychology and a proponent of the law of effect, which states that responses followed by positive or negative outcomes are more or less likely to occur again. Learn about his life, work, contributions, and criticisms in this article.

  3. Edward 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.

  4. Nov 30, 2018 · Learn about Thorndike's S-R theory of learning, which explains behavior as a result of associations between stimuli and responses. Find out the laws, principles, examples and applications of connectionism in education and psychology.

  5. Jan 24, 2024 · Learn how Edward Thorndike's experiments with cats led to his theory of learning and the law of effect, which states that behaviors are influenced by positive or negative consequences. Explore how the law of effect applies to education, parenting, therapy, and work.

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  7. Thorndike’s law of exercise. Thorndike’s law of effect, in animal behaviour and conditioning, the postulate developed by American psychologist Edward L. Thorndike in 1905 that argued that the probability that a particular stimulus will repeatedly elicit a particular learned response depends on the perceived consequences of the response.

  8. Apr 11, 2024 · Edward L. Thorndike (born August 31, 1874, Williamsburg, Massachusetts, U.S.—died August 9, 1949, Montrose, New York) was an American psychologist whose work on animal behaviour and the learning process led to the theory of connectionism, which states that behavioral responses to specific stimuli are established through a process of trial and ...

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