The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare. — Edward Thorndike Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals. — Edward Thorndike Copy Share Image
From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found. — Edward Thorndike Copy Share Image
So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act. — Edward Thorndike Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
For origin and development of human faculty we must look to these processes of association in lower animals. — Edward Thorndike Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable. — Edward Thorndike Copy Share Image
