Edward Lee Thorndike was a son of a Methodist minister in Lowell‚ Massachusetts. He became an American pioneer in comparative psychology and was a typical late 19th century American scientist. He grew up in an age when scientific psychology was establishing its place in academic institutions and attracting college graduates‚ Thorndike being one of them. He became interested in the field of psychology after reading William Jame’s "Principles of Psychology" and after graduating from Weslyan University
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY ONLINE ANALYSIS OF LEARNING THEORY A PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY ONLINE FOR THE DEGREE OF THE MASTER OF DIVINITY DSMN 601 MINISTRY OF TEACHING DR. WILHITE BY TODD RIORDAN LYNCHBURG‚ VA JANUARY 20‚ 2013 Teaching and education in the church utilizes both the spiritual‚ as well as the psychological. Andy Stanley and Lane Jones in their book Communicating For A Change discuss teaching the Bible in a clear and concise way that encourages
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(2002). Converging technologies for improving human performance: nanotechnology‚ biotechnology‚ information technology and cognitive science. U.S. National Science Foundation. http://www.wtec.org/ConvergingTechnologies/Report/NBIC_report.pdf. Thorndike‚ E. L. (1898). Animal intelligence: An experimental study of the associative processes in animals. Psychological Review 2(81). Wiener‚ P. (1968) Dictionary of the history of ideas. (Vol.1)‚ New York‚ NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons. retrieved from http://xtf
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primarily does not involve insight. The physical and motor skills are acquired mostly through trial-and-error. The insightful learning is of higher order‚ and is involved in cognitive and verbal learning. The cats in the key experiments conducted by Edward Thorndike were able to learn through operant conditioning. In Thorndike’s experiment‚ cats were placed in a various boxes approximately 20 inches long‚ 15 inches wide‚ and 12 inches tall with a door opened by pulling a weight attached to it. The cats were
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becomes a conditional stimulus. The reverse is also true. Classical conditioning can be so powerful that it can actually make as sick by suppressing the body’s immune system. 5.According to Edward Thorndike it’s the consequences of what an individual does that most influences the learning process. * Thorndike Law of effect states that learning is controlled by its consequence are selected and repeated while these leading to bad consequences or no consequences at all are not
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in Vermont - met Robert Frost - wrote first book (Digest of Decisions of the Anthracite Board of Conciliation) - 1945 - Moved to Bloomington‚ Indiana - 1948 - Joined the Psychology Department at Harvard University Awards: 1966 Edward Lee Thorndike Award‚ American Psychological Association 1968 National Medal of Science from President Lyndon B. Johnson 1971 Gold Medal of the American Psychological Foundation 1972 Human of the Year Award 1990 Citation for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution
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theory was made when Thorndike was experimenting the reaction of a cat when it is locked in a puzzle box and the only way to open it is the lever that is inside the box. This situation involves not just the location of the cat but also the stimuli just like the hunger or the desire of freedom. When the cat can open the box in the recent trial‚ the next time it will get inside the box it will recognize and remember the step on how to get away of the box. In this theory Thorndike concluded that once
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historical contribution is briefly described. Edwin L. Thorndike‚ 1898. He shows his interest in animal intelligence. He believes that the investigation should be systematic. He formulated the Law of Effect that has the following main points: • Behaviors that accelerate an attractive state of undertakings are fortified or "stamped in." • Behaviors that expedite an unsuitable or bothering state of undertakings are debilitated or "stamped out." • Thorndike contemplated the reaction that opened the entryway
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Edward Lee Thorndike was a son of a Methodist minister in Lowell‚ Massachusetts. He became an American pioneer in comparative psychology and was a typical late 19th century American scientist. He grew up in an age when scientific psychology was establishing its place in academic institutions and attracting college graduates‚ Thorndike being one of them. He became interested in the field of psychology after reading William Jame’s "Principles of Psychology" and after graduating from Weslyan University
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