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Edward Thorndike Quotes

There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are no ideas - the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform.
Edward Thorndike

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Psychologist Quotes
Category:
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Date of Birth:
August 31, 1874
Date of Death:
August 9, 1949
Nationality:
American
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