Education psychology : briefer course / Edward L. Thorndike.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee), 1874-1949, author.

Series:

International library of psychology ; v. 93.

Developmental psychology ; v. 31.

Developmental psychology ; v. 31

The international library of psychology ; v. 93

Standardized Title:

Educational psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (454 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 1923.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover ; EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGY; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; PREFACE; Table of Contents ; PART I The Original Nature of Man; I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ORIGINAL TENDENCIES; Original versus Learned Tendencies; The Problems of Original Nature; Names for Original Tendencies; The Components of an Original Tendency; The Action of Original Tendencies; II. MAN'S EQUIPMENT OF INSTINCTS AND CAPACITIES; Sensory Capacities; Original Attentiveness; Gross Bodily Control; Food-getting, Protective Responses and Anger

III. MAN'S EQUIPMENT OF INSTINCTS AND CAPACITIES: RESPONSES TO THE BEHAVIOR OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGSMotherly Behavior; Responses to the Presence, Approval and Scorn of Men; Mastering and Submissive Behavior; Other Social Instincts; Imitation; General Imitativeness; The Imitation of Particular Forms of Behavior; IV. ORIGINAL SATISFIERS AND ANNOYERS; The Original Nature of Wants, Interests and Motives; The Principle of Readiness; The Explanation of 'Multiple Response' or 'Varied Reaction'; V. TENDENCIES TO MINOR BODILY MOVEMENTS AND CEREBRAL CONNECTIONS

Vocalization, Visual Exploration and ManipulationOther Possible Specializations; Play; VI. THE CAPACITY TO LEARN; The Laws of Learning; Limitations to Modifiability; The Supposed Formation of Connections by 'Faculties'; The Supposed Formation of Connections by the Perception of Their Action in Another; The Supposed Formation of Connections by the Power of an Idea to Produce the Act which It Represents; VII. THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF ORIGINAL TENDENCIES; The Structure of the Neurones; The Arrangement of the Neurones; Sensitivity and Conductivity

The Physiology of the Capacity to Learn and of ReadinessVIII. ORDER AND DATES OF APPEARANCE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF ORIGINAL TENDENCIES; The Recapitulation Theory; The Utility Theory; The Gradual Waxing of Delayed Instincts and Capacities; The Probable Frequency of Transitoriness in Original Tendencies; IX. THE VALUE AND USE OF ORIGINAL TENDENCIES ; The Doctrine of Nature's Infallibility ; Defects in Man's Original Nature; PART II The Psychology of Learning; X. THE LAWS OF LEARNING IN ANIMALS; Samples of Animal Learning; Characteristics of Animal Learning; XI. ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING IN MAN

Varieties of LearningThe Laws of Habit; XII. LEARNING BY ANALYSIS AND SELECTION; Analysis and Selection in General; The Subtler Forms of Analysis; The Higher Forms of Selection; XIII. MENTAL FUNCTIONS; The Organization of Connections; Characteristics of Mental Functions; The Concepts of Efficiency and Improvement; XIV. THE AMOUNT, RATE AND LIMIT OF IMPROVEMENT; Practice Curves; The Frequency and Rapidity of Improvement under Experimental Conditions; Differences amongst Individuals in the Rate of Improvement in the Same Function; The Limit of Improvement

XV. THE FACTORS AND CONDITIONS OF IMPROVEMENT

Notes:

Originally published as: Educational psychology. New York : Teachers College, Columbia University, 1914.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-31925-5

1-138-87519-8

1-315-00973-0

1-136-31918-2

9781315009735

OCLC:

870590326