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=**Edward Lee Thorndike: Learning Process and Connectionism**=



=Timeline= August 31,1874: Born 1891: Graduated from Roxbury Latin School 1895: Graduated from Wesleyan University 1897: Graduated from Harvard University 1898: Obtained PhD from Columbia University 1899: Instructed Psychology at the Teachers College at Columbia University (would remain an active instructor for the rest of his career) 1900: Married Elizabeth Moulton 1921: Published //The Teacher's Word Book// 1932: Published //A Teacher's Word Book of the Twenty Thousand Words Found Most Frequently and Widely in General Reading for Children and Young People// 1937: Became second President of the Psychometric Society 1944: Published //The Teacher's Word Book of 30,000 Words// August 9, 1949: Died =Background= Edward Thorndike was born on August 31, 1874 in America. While obtaining mutliple degrees from Universtities such as Harvard, Wesleyan and Columbia, he held a residency at the Teachers College at Columbia University. His worked focused primarily on animal behaviors and he would later apply these findings to how individuals learn. In 1912 he became President of the American Psychological Association. During the early to mid part of the 20th century, Thorndike began publishing a string of educational books aimed at assisting teachers. Many dealt with word frequency as well as word recognition. He passed away on August 9, 1949.

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