Educational psychology

Edward L. (Edward Lee) Thorndike

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• Langue: English
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0^^ CALIFORNIA,
UNlVERSllY
LIBRARY,
CALIF.ANGELES,a_OSPSYCHOLOGYEDUCATIONAL
SECOND EDITION
REVISED AND ENLARGED
BY
THORNDIKEEDWARD L.
PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN TEACHERS COLLEGE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
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PUBLISHED BY
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NEW YORK
1910
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' i ik:Copyright, 1903, 1910
By EDWARD L. THORNDIKE
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&FRANK H. EVORY CO
ALBANY, N. Y.PREFACE
revision of a book. Educational Psychology,This book is a
Its primary purpose is, as was the casewhich appeared in 1903.
students in advanced courses inwith the first edition, to provide
would otherwiseeducational psychology with material which they
from lectures at great cost of time.have to get
' The Influence of Special Training upon MoreThe chapter on
' in this edition. It was out ofGeneral Abilities is not included
mental action in generalplace before since it treated facts of
conditions and their causes.instead of facts of individual mental
great practicalin the original book because of theIt was put
widelythe facts concerned. The facts are nowimportance of
presented conveniently elsewhere.known and are
apply to a number of educationalThis book attempts to
The problems chosen areproblems the methods of exact science.
and the causes ofthose of the mental natures of individual men,
oftheir differences. The problems concerned with the nature
species,—the general problems of instinct, habit,man as a
the like,—will sometimelearning, practice, memory, fatigue and
together will, I hope,be treated in a separate volume. The two
be a serviceable quantitative treatment of educational psychology.