Intellectual Quotes by Edward Thorndike

There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are…

— Edward Thorndike

On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to the neglect of the…

— Edward Thorndike

Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals.

— Edward Thorndike

From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.

— Edward Thorndike

So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act.

— Edward Thorndike

To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific…

— Edward Thorndike

Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics:…

— Edward Thorndike

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.

— Edward Thorndike

Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with…

— Edward Thorndike

For origin and development of human faculty we must look to these processes of association in lower animals.

— Edward Thorndike

This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case…

— Edward Thorndike

Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable.

— Edward Thorndike