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  2. Principles of learning - Wikipedia

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    Edward Thorndike developed the first three "Laws of learning": readiness, exercise, and effect. Readiness ... Thorndike, E. (1932). The Fundamentals of Learning. New ...

  3. Edward Thorndike - Wikipedia

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    Thorndike was the first to apply psychological principles to the area of learning. His research led to many theories and laws of learning. His theory of learning, especially the law of effect, is most often considered to be his greatest achievement. [11] In 1929, Thorndike addressed his early theory of learning, and claimed that he had been ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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.

  6. Transfer of learning - Wikipedia

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    Thorndike urged schools to design curricula with tasks similar to those students would encounter outside of school to facilitate the transfer of learning. [ 1 ] In contrast to Thorndike, Edwin Ray Guthrie 's law of contiguity expected little transfer of learning.

  7. Association (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Edward Thorndike did research in this area and developed the law of effect, where associations between a stimulus and response are affected by the consequence of the response. [7] For example, behaviors increase in strength and/or frequency when they have been followed by reward.

  8. Trial and error - Wikipedia

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    In his famous experiment, a cat was placed in a series of puzzle boxes in order to study the law of effect in learning. [4] He plotted to learn curves which recorded the timing for each trial. Thorndike's key observation was that learning was promoted by positive results, which was later refined and extended by B. F. Skinner's operant conditioning.

  9. Intelligent tutoring system - Wikipedia

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    Thorndike posited laws for maximizing learning. Thorndike's laws included the law of effect , the law of exercise , and the law of recency . By later standards, Pressey's teaching and testing machine would not be considered intelligent as it was mechanically run and was based on one question and answer at a time, [ 7 ] but it set an early ...