PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Educational Psychology, Organizations Of The Dune Universe, Dependent And Independent Variables
20 Mar 2018
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Earned his phd in psychology at columbia university. Tried to establish, through experimentation, that animals learn through a gradual pro(cid:272)ess of trial a(cid:374)d error that e(cid:448)e(cid:374)tuall(cid:455) leads to the (cid:862)sta(cid:373)pi(cid:374)g i(cid:374)(cid:863) of the (cid:272)orre(cid:272)t response. Thorndike wrote extensively, publishing more than 78 books and in excess of 400 articles. Served as president of the american psychological association (apa) The organism makes a number of responses, one or more of which leads to a solution or, i(cid:374) thor(cid:374)dike"s (cid:449)ords, to (cid:862)a satisf(cid:455)i(cid:374)g state of affairs(cid:863) Subsequently, a connection is formed between the response and the situation. This (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374) is lear(cid:374)ed, or (cid:862)sta(cid:373)ped i(cid:374)(cid:863) as thor(cid:374)dike puts it. Learning theories that look at the formation of connections or associations (conditioning theories), typically rely on one of two different explanation for learning: contiguity, reinforcement. Readiness, thorndike explains, is closely related to the lear(cid:374)er"s (cid:373)aturatio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d to previous learning, and it has much to do with whether an activity is satisfying or annoying.
