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  2. Law of effect - Wikipedia

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    The law of effect, or Thorndike's law, is a psychology principle advanced by Edward Thorndike in 1898 on the matter of behavioral conditioning (not then formulated as such) which states that "responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become more likely to occur again in that situation, and responses that produce a ...

  3. Edward Thorndike - Wikipedia

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    Edward Lee Thorndike (August 31, 1874 – August 9, 1949) was an American psychologist who spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University.His work on comparative psychology and the learning process led to his "theory of connectionism" and helped lay the scientific foundation for educational psychology.

  4. Trial and error - Wikipedia

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    Traill (2008, espec.Table "S" on p.31) follows Jerne and Popper in seeing this strategy as probably underlying all knowledge-gathering systems — at least in their initial phase.

  5. Principles of learning - Wikipedia

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    Learning theory (education) – Theory that describes how students receive, process, and retain knowledge during learning Constructivism (philosophy of education) – Philosophical viewpoint about the nature of knowledge; theory of knowledge; Radical behaviorism – Term pioneered by B.F. Skinner

  6. Transfer of learning - Wikipedia

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    Their theory implied that transfer of learning depends on how similar the learning task and transfer tasks are, or where "identical elements are concerned in the influencing and influenced function", now known as the identical element theory. [2] Thorndike urged schools to design curricula with tasks similar to those students would encounter ...

  7. Functional psychology - Wikipedia

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    Like evolutionary psychology, James's functionalism was inspired by Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. [ 11 ] Functionalism was the basis of development for several subtypes of psychology including child and developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , and industrial/vocational psychology .

  8. Operant conditioning chamber - Wikipedia

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    Original puzzle box designed by Edward Thorndike. In 1898, American psychologist, Edward Thorndike proposed the 'law of effect', which formed the basis of operant conditioning. [8] Thorndike conducted experiments to discover how cats learn new behaviors. His work involved monitoring cats as they attempted to escape from puzzle boxes.

  9. Operant conditioning - Wikipedia

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    Operant conditioning originated with Edward Thorndike, whose law of effect theorised that behaviors arise as a result of consequences as satisfying or discomforting. In the 20th century, operant conditioning was studied by behavioral psychologists, who believed that much of mind and behaviour is explained through environmental conditioning.