Edward Thorndike

Edward Thorndike

Thorndike was born on August 31st 1874 and died August 9th 1949.He is the son of methodist minister, He started research on childeren but then it lead to animals.His theory was the law of effect. He constructed puzzle boxes to form an experiement, where he puts a hungry cat inside the box and try to see how long the cat figures out how to escape to get food. The results of his experiment makes him believe that living things learn through trial and error.

 Reinemaeyer, E. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/history/thorndike.htm