Edward lee thorndike (Edward Lee Thorndike1874.08.31-1949.08.09) is an American psychologist, the pioneer of animal psychology, the founder of psychological connectionism and the founder of educational psychology system. He put forward a series of learning rules, including practice rules and effect rules. 19 12 was elected president of the American Psychological Association, and 19 17 was elected member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Thorndike's Educational Psychology from 65438 to 0903 is the first book named "Educational Psychology" in the West, which laid the foundation for the development of educational psychology and marked the establishment of an independent discipline system of western educational psychology. Thorndike is called "the father of educational psychology".
Thorndike, a famous American psychologist, adopted the positivism research orientation to make the research of educational psychology scientific. He is the pioneer of scientific educational psychology and the first psychologist to systematically discuss educational psychology, and is called "the father of modern educational psychology". He defined learning as the connection between stimulus and response, which was formed through trial and error. His view is based on the animal experiment of the cat "mystery box".