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THORNDIKE'S LEGACY: LEARNING, SELECTION, AND THE LAW OF EFFECT
Author(s) -
Catania A. Charles
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1999.72-425
Subject(s) - biography , centennial , context (archaeology) , cognitive science , selection (genetic algorithm) , psychology , epistemology , artificial intelligence , law , computer science , philosophy , political science , history , archaeology
This introduction to a symposium on the centennial of Edward L. Thorndike's 1898 monograph on animal intelligence briefly considers the origins of his law of effect and the influence of Darwin's selectionism. It also provides the background for an unfinished book review by William W. Cumming of a biography of Thorndike. The review places in historical context Thorndike's position both on psychology as a science of behavior and on the vocabulary of that science.