Edward lee thorndike is a famous 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.

He adopted the research orientation of positivism, which led to the scientific research of educational psychology. 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".