Edward Thorndike was an influential psychologist often referred to as the founder of modern educational psychology. He was perhaps best known for his famous puzzle box experiments with cats, which led ...

Edward Thorndike (1874-1949) and John Broadus Watson (1878-1958) are the "fathers" of American behaviorism. Thorndike studied the way animals escaped from cages. Over many trials, the animals in his ...

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EDWARD LEE THORNDIKE was born on August 31, 1874, and died a few days before his seventy-fifth birthday. In conformity with family tradition, he took his first degree at Wesleyan University and then ...

Psychology... is a purely objective experimental branch of natural science. Its theoretical goal is the prediction and control of behavior. Introspection forms no ...