It will of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common wheel. — 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
