The scientist Edward Thorndike

Edward Thorndike

Living place: Massachusetts

Birthday: 31-8-1874

Global rank: #65960

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Who is The scientist Edward Thorndike?
Psychologist who proposed influential theories on learning and human behavior that led the way to modern educational psychology. He is also the president of the American Psychological Association and a member of the board of the Psychological Corporation
To help with the enlistment efforts during World War I, he invented two tests multiple options used to classify rookies. Alpha testing was given to all soldiers readable, and Beta testing, with images, so soldiers could not.
 
 

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He was the first psychologist to conduct experimental research on non-human subjects, with his doctoral thesis focusing on animal intelligence.

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He had five children with his wife Elizabeth Moulton.

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As with the famous psychologist, Lewis Terman, his views on human intelligence are often shaped by a belief in eugenics.

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When was The scientist Edward Thorndike born?
Edward Thorndike was born in 31-8-1874, death year is , at the age of 150.
Where is The scientist Edward Thorndike's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Edward Thorndike was born in Massachusetts, . is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Edward Thorndike's global rank is 65960 and whose rank is 371 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1874 and 31-8

Birthday Edward Thorndike (31-8) in history

  • Day 31-8 year 1887: Thomas Edison received a patent for his "Kinetoscope," and moving pictures were born.
  • Day 31-8 year 1888: Mary Ann Nicholls, considered to be Jack the Ripper's first victim, was found murdered in London.
  • Day 31-8 year 1962: Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from Great Britain.
  • Day 31-8 year 1980: Poland's Solidarity labor movement had its beginnings when an agreement ending a 17-day strike was signed in Gdansk.
  • Day 31-8 year 1994: Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltic states.
  • Day 31-8 year 1997: Princess Diana and her companion Dodi al-Fayed were killed in a car accident in Paris.
  • Day 31-8 year 2012: Armenia severed diplomatic relations with Hungary, after the pardoning of Ramil Safarov. In 2004, Safarov was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier.
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