Edward L Thorndike
Biographic Data
| ID | 3597594 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward L Thorndike |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward L |
| FAMILY NAME | Thorndike |
| SIGNATURE | THORNDIKE E L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 37 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 82 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 37 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1899 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Animal intelligence: An experimental study of the associate processes in animals
The Psychology of the School Dictionary
The Psychology of the School Dictionary Edward L. Thorndike Edward L. Thorndike Institute of Educational Research Teachers College, Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Lexicography, Volume 4, Issue 1, Spring 1991, Pages 15–22, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/4.1.15 Published: 01 March 1991
Reading as Reasoning: A Study of Mistakes in Paragraph Reading
It seems to be a common opinion that reading (understanding the meaning of printed words) is a rather simple compounding of habits. Each word or phrase is supposed, if known to the reader, to call up its sound and meaning and the series of word or phrase meanings is supposed to be, or be easily transmuted into, the total thought. It is perhaps more exact to say that little attention has been paid to the dynamics whereby a series of words whose me…
The place of psychology in an ideal university: The report of the University Commission to advise on the future of psychology at Harvard
Psychology and the Science of Education: Selected Writings of Edward L. Thorndike
On the Frequency of Semantic Changes in Modern English
(1948). On the Frequency of Semantic Changes in Modern English. The Journal of General Psychology: Vol. 39, No. 1, pp. 23-27
The Future of Measurements of Abilities
The Retention and Attraction of Superior Men
Sectional Variations in Welfare Especially of the White Population
The Influence of Differences in the Amount of Practice in Causing Differences in Achievement
(1944). The Influence of Differences in the Amount of Practice in Causing Differences in Achievement. The Journal of General Psychology: Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 101-109
Euphony and cacophony of English words and sounds
Important for the Philosophy of Education: Emergent Mind and Education: A Study of George H. Mead's Prosocial Behaviorism from an Educational Point of View
Important for the Philosophy of Education: Emergent Mind and Education: A Study of George H. Mead's Prosocial Behaviorism from an Educational Point of View." The Journal of Higher Education, 15(6), pp. 340–341
Important for the Philosophy of Education
On the Strength of Certain Beliefs and the Nature of Credulity
The Relation Between the Aesthetic Status of a Community and Its Status in Other Respects
The Causes of Inter-State Migration
Is the Doctrine of Instincts Dead? A Symposium: III.—H uman I nstincts and D octrines A bout T hem
Human Nature and the Social Order
Human nature and the social order
On the Fallacy of Imputing the Correlations Found for Groups to the Individuals or Smaller Groups Composing Them
E. L. Thorndike, On the Fallacy of Imputing the Correlations Found for Groups to the Individuals or Smaller Groups Composing Them, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 52, No. 1 (Jan., 1939), pp. 122-124
Your City
Individual differences in valuation
The Influence of Disparity of Incomes on Welfare
For each of 295 cities the disparity or variability in amounts paid for rent (or equivalent in case the home is owned) is computed and used as a rough measure of disparity in the income of the city's families. There is computed also for each city an index, G, of the general goodnes of life for good people from 37 items symptomatic of welfare, and an index, P, of the quality of the population from II items symptomatic of intelligence, morality, an…
A Much-Discussed Topic
Individual Differences in American Cities: Their Nature and Causation
Over a hundred items of measurable fact were collected concerning each of 117 cities. A composite score (call it GG) was made from twenty-three items which would be regarded by competent judges as factors making a city a good place for good people to live in. The variation among cities in GG was very large. The shares of wealth, income, and the personal qualities in the population in causing GG were measured, the last being found greater than the…
Human nature and the social order
On the Fallacy of Imputing the Correlations Found for Groups to the Individuals or Smaller Groups Composing Them
E. L. Thorndike, On the Fallacy of Imputing the Correlations Found for Groups to the Individuals or Smaller Groups Composing Them, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 52, No. 1 (Jan., 1939), pp. 122-124
Euphony and cacophony of English words and sounds
The Psychology of the School Dictionary
The Psychology of the School Dictionary Edward L. Thorndike Edward L. Thorndike Institute of Educational Research Teachers College, Columbia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Lexicography, Volume 4, Issue 1, Spring 1991, Pages 15–22, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/4.1.15 Published: 01 March 1991
The place of psychology in an ideal university: The report of the University Commission to advise on the future of psychology at Harvard
Individual Differences in American Cities: Their Nature and Causation
Over a hundred items of measurable fact were collected concerning each of 117 cities. A composite score (call it GG) was made from twenty-three items which would be regarded by competent judges as factors making a city a good place for good people to live in. The variation among cities in GG was very large. The shares of wealth, income, and the personal qualities in the population in causing GG were measured, the last being found greater than the…
The Thorndike-Century Junior Dictionary
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The Human Nature Club: An Introduction to the Study of Mental Life
Book digitized by Google from the library of University of Wisconsin - Madison and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
Animal Intelligence
The influence of improvement in one mental function upon the efficiency of other functions. (I).
The Human Nature Club: An Introduction to the Study of Mental Life
Book digitized by Google from the library of University of Wisconsin - Madison and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb
Fundamental theorems in judging men.
A constant error in psychological ratings.
Psychological Notes on the Motives for Thrift
A COMPLETE inventory of the ~~ motives for thrift and appraisal of each from the point of view of the common good would require thought and investigation by many men for many years.It would presuppose adequate study of the actual working of scores of agencies such as savings banks, building loan societies, install- ment-plan selling, deferred salary bonuses, and the like; and indeed of all forms of delayed versus immediate use of purchasing power…
The Law of Effect
On the Learning of Rules in the Study of a Foreign Language
Problems of Learning
Law and the Lawyers
The Thorndike-Century Junior Dictionary
The Thorndike-Century junior dictionary , The Thorndike-Century junior dictionary , کتابخانه دیجیتال جندی شاپور اهواز
The Relation Between Intellect and Morality in Rulers
The relation between the intellectual ability of a person and the estimability of his character was measured in the case of 305 male members of European royal families, repeating and freeing from certain sources of error the work reported by Woods in 1906. For the persons as described in the biographies the correlation is .60. The removal of their errors of general inaccuracy and inadequacy would raise this. But the removal of "halo" errors would…
A Much-Discussed Topic
Individual Differences in American Cities: Their Nature and Causation
Over a hundred items of measurable fact were collected concerning each of 117 cities. A composite score (call it GG) was made from twenty-three items which would be regarded by competent judges as factors making a city a good place for good people to live in. The variation among cities in GG was very large. The shares of wealth, income, and the personal qualities in the population in causing GG were measured, the last being found greater than the…
Individual differences in valuation
The Influence of Disparity of Incomes on Welfare
For each of 295 cities the disparity or variability in amounts paid for rent (or equivalent in case the home is owned) is computed and used as a rough measure of disparity in the income of the city's families. There is computed also for each city an index, G, of the general goodnes of life for good people from 37 items symptomatic of welfare, and an index, P, of the quality of the population from II items symptomatic of intelligence, morality, an…
On the Fallacy of Imputing the Correlations Found for Groups to the Individuals or Smaller Groups Composing Them
E. L. Thorndike, On the Fallacy of Imputing the Correlations Found for Groups to the Individuals or Smaller Groups Composing Them, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 52, No. 1 (Jan., 1939), pp. 122-124
Your City
Human nature and the social order
Human Nature and the Social Order
The Causes of Inter-State Migration
Is the Doctrine of Instincts Dead? A Symposium: III.—H uman I nstincts and D octrines A bout T hem
On the Strength of Certain Beliefs and the Nature of Credulity
The Relation Between the Aesthetic Status of a Community and Its Status in Other Respects
The Retention and Attraction of Superior Men
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