Edward L. Thorndike (1874–1949)
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Educational psychologist and author of the intelligence test bearing his name, Edward L. Thorndike also is known for his work in educational statistics. He studied under William James (see also Vol. 4) at Harvard University and carried out experiments on animal intelligence with some chickens that vis mere he kept in the basement of James's house---his landlady having refused to let him keep them in his room. Thorndike's first papers were on "The Psychology of Fishes" and "The Mental Life of Monkeys" When he received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1898, the statistical treatment of test results in psychology was experimental. He became an instructor in genetic psychology at Teachers College in 1899. He believed that "everything that exists exists in quantity" and could be measured as a key to scientific progress in education. He devised scales for measuring excellence in reading, English composition, handwriting, and drawing, as well as intelligence tests for various grade levels. The former dean of Teachers College James E. Russell said of him: "His service to pedagogical procedure has revolutionized educational administration." Thorndike's "Law of Effect," which had its origin in his early tests on animals, was strengthened by his later experiments on human learning. He concluded that the important factors in learning are repetition and reward. His techniques of animal experimentation and his methods of psychological measurement were important advances in U.S. psychology before World War I, and he often is thought of as the founder of modern educational psychology. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Edward L. Thorndike
Thorndike-Barnhart Concise Dictionary 4 eksemplarer
Advanced Junior Dictionary Third Edition 1 eksemplar
The Thorndike Barnhart Handy Pocket Dictionary 1 eksemplar
The Thorndike Arithmetics 1 eksemplar
The Psychology of Arithmetic: -1922 1 eksemplar
A teacher's word book of the twenty thousand words found most frequently and widely in general reading for children and (1975) 1 eksemplar
Teaching of English Suffixes (Columbia University-Teachers College, Contributions to Education, No 847) (1972) 1 eksemplar
Educational psychology ; briefer course 1 eksemplar
Thorndike Century beginning dictionary 1 eksemplar
Mental work and fatigue and individual differences and their causes (Educational psychology) (1914) 1 eksemplar
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- Kanonisk navn
- Thorndike, Edward L.
- Juridisk navn
- Thorndike, Edward Lee
- Fødselsdato
- 1874-08-31
- Dødsdag
- 1949-08-09
- Begravelsessted
- Hillside Cemetery, Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Williamsburg, Massachusetts, USA
- Dødssted
- Montrose, New York, USA
- Bopæl
- Williamsburg, Massachusetts, USA (birthplace)
- Uddannelse
- Wesleyan University (BS ∙ 1895)
Harvard University (MA ∙ 1897)
Columbia University (Ph.D. ∙ 1898)
Roxbury Latin School - Erhverv
- psychologist
professor - Relationer
- Thorndike, Lynn (brother)
Thorndike, Ashley Horace (brother) - Organisationer
- Columbia University (Teachers College ∙ professor)
American Psychological Association (president ∙ 1912)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (president ∙ 1934) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Fellow, American Statistical Association (1917)
National Academy of Sciences (1917)
American Philosophical Society (1932)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1934) - Kort biografi
- In addition to his works of psychology, Thorndike was also a co-author of the Thorndike-Barnhart dictionary series
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