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AFTER THE PUZZLE BOXES: THORNDIKE IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Author(s) -
Hearst Eliot
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.1999.72-441
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , psychology , animal behavior , psychological research , animal learning , cognitive science , cognitive psychology , social psychology , history , zoology , archaeology , biology
From the beginning of this century, following the publication of his dissertation, Thorndike made many significant contributions to psychology, some related to animal and human learning and others to various areas of educational psychology. This paper concentrates on the former and mentions some of the latter, in the context of personal and professional aspects of his life.