Edward Thorndike Summary

Edward Thorndike (Psychology Archives, University of Akron) Thorndike, Edward (1874-1949) Edward Lee Thorndike was born on August 31, 1874, in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. He died on August 9, ... Read more

The American psychologist and educator Edward Lee Thorndike (1874-1949) was the originator of modern educational psychology and influenced 20th-century American education immeasurably.Edward Lee Thorn... Read more

In the following excerpt, Sheldon praises Educational Psychology but points out that progress in the field will be slow despite Thorndike's work. Students of genetic psychology or child stud... Read more

In the following essay, Beatty discusses the ways in which Thorndike developed and then marketed his notions about using scientific methodology in educational psychology to create an empirical way of ... Read more

In the following essay, Galef argues that while Thorndike's contributions to the field of comparative psychology as an empiricist are invaluable, his misconceptions about biology remain damagin... Read more

In the following review, Washburn praises Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies. All psychologists will be glad to have Thorndike's experimental work on the intelligence of animals broug... Read more

In the following review, Potter finds the lectures collected in Man and His Works “eminently readable: shrewd, witty and vivacious.” The William James Lectures, delivered recently at ... Read more

In the following essay, Joncich explains the revolutionary influence of Thorndike's scientific method of educational psychology. I Much has been written, both perceptive and foolish, of the ... Read more

In the following essay, which appeared in an unabridged form in American Psychologist in 1968, and was published in 1973 in Historical Conceptions of Psychology, Clifford discusses the ways in which T... Read more