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Connectionism theory of Edward Lee Thorndike, a report prepared for Systems and Theories of Psychology...
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Prepared by: Maria Angela L. DiopolMP-SP
Edward Lee ThorndikeConnectionism Theory
Born: August 31, 1874Died: August 9, 1949
1895 – Animal Learning under William James
1898 – PhD in Columbia University- Asst. Professor at Case Western Reserve University
1900 - Married Elizabeth- Psychology Professor at
Teacher’s College, Columbia University
1912 - President of the American Psychological Association
1917 - admitted to National Academy of Sciences
1949 - Retirement at Teachers’ College
Edward Lee “Ted” Thorndike
Definition of Psychology
•Psychology was first and foremost the study of stimulus-response
connections or bonds
THORNDIKE’S LAWS OF LEARNING
Trial-And-Error Learning
•Based on random activities to reach the goal
Law of Readiness
•States that when an organism is ready to act it is reinforcing for it to do so, and annoying for it not
to do so.
Law of Exercise
•States that the strength of a connection is
determined by how often the connection is used.
Modification of the Law of Exercise
• Practice worked only when other factors could be made effective.
Law of Effect
•The strengthening or weakening of a connection by its
consequences.
Modification of the Law of Effect
•Satisfaction strengthen the connection but annoyance does not weaken it;
rather, annoyance aids learning as it encourages the learner to try
something new.
The Spread of Effect
•The observation is that reinforcement not only strengthens the response
that produces it, but that it strengthens neighboring responses as
well.
Theory of Transfer
•States that the likelihood of something which was learned in one situation being applied in a different situation is determined
by the number of common elements in the two situations.
• Faculty Psychology
1. Drive2. Goal3. Block4. Random
movements5. Chance
Success6. Selection7. Fixation
1.Abstract Intelligence
2. Social Intelligence
3. Mechanical Intelligence
• Doctrine of Formal Discipline
• Stages in the Process of Learning
• 3 Types of Intelligence
Education