So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act.
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The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge.Edward Thorndike
The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.
Edward Thorndike
When, instead of merely associating some act with some situation in the animal way, we think the situation out, we have a set of particular feelings of its elements.
Edward Thorndike
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.
Edward Thorndike
To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been spent on the study of the body and so little on the study of the mind.
Edward Thorndike
Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.
Edward Thorndike
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