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Edward L. Thorndike

Edward L. Thorndike

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
55
Citations
24652
World Ranking
4290
National Ranking
2386

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1917 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Edward L. Thorndike was affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their academic contributions include research published in notable venues such as the Revista Brasileira de Análise do Comportamento.

Among the recent papers authored by Edward L. Thorndike is "A contribuição da Psicologia à Educação," published in 2023 by the Revista Brasileira de Análise do Comportamento.

  • Revista Brasileira de Análise do Comportamento (1 publication)

Thorndike's work earned recognition that included election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1933 and membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1917.

Best Publications

  • The Teacher's Word Book of 30, 000 Words

    Edward L. Thorndike;Irving Lorge

  • A constant error in psychological ratings.

    Unknown

  • Intelligence and its uses.

    E.L. Thorndike

  • Animal Intelligence: An Experimental Study of the Associative Processes in Animals

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • Animal Intelligence. Experimental Studies

    Edward L. Thorndike;Jelliffe

  • The fundamentals of learning

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • The law of effect.

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • Animal intelligence: An experimental study of the associative processes in animals.

    Unknown

  • Animal Intelligence; Experimental Studies

    Edward Lee Thorndike

  • Reading as Reasoning: A Study of Mistakes in Paragraph Reading

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • The Teacher's Word Book

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • The Psychology of Arithmetic

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • The measurement of intelligence

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • An Introduction to the Theory of Mental and Social Measurements

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • Educational psychology, Vol 2: The psychology of learning.

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • A PROOF OF THE LAW OF EFFECT.

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • The Elements Of Psychology

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • The psychology of wants, interests, and attitudes

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • The influence of improvement in one mental function upon the efficiency of other functions. II. The estimation of magnitudes.

    Edward L. Thorndike;R. S. Woodworth

  • Intelligence and its measurement: A symposium--I.

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  • The contribution of psychology to education.

    Edward L. Thorndike

  • The Present Status.

    Edward L. Thorndike;E. O. Bregman;M. V. Cobb;Ella Woodyard

  • Adolescence; its Psychology and its Relations to Physiology, Anthropology, Sociology, Sex, Crime, Religion and Education

    Edward L. Thorndike

Frequent Co-Authors

Louis Leon Thurstone
Louis Leon Thurstone University of Chicago
Ernest R. Hilgard
Ernest R. Hilgard Stanford University

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