Edward Thorndike is an American psychologist that was born on August 31st, 1874 in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Edward was the second child born to his father Edward Robert and Abbie Ladd Thorndike. His father was a Reverend for the Methodist Church, while his mother was a homemaker. The couple would eventually have more children after the birth of Edward, six in all. His father only expected the best from his children, all of his sons and daughters earned high marks in all of their classes. Edward and his siblings all earned academic scholarships due to their academic achievements, they would all go on to college and received degrees in their respective fields. Due to the requirements of being a reverend, Reverend Thorndike with his family moved to eight different towns. This
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When Edward finally had the power of freedom, he choose to enroll at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. While at Wesleyan University, Thorndike studied and achieved his Bachelor 's of Arts degree. He did finish his college education with his BA for science at Wesleyan, however, he opted to continue his education at Harvard University. Edward Thorndike originally planned to get another degree in French and English literature. While attending the University of Harvard, he enrolled in a psychology class. While in his second trimester at Harvard, he switched his main study to Psychology. Thorndike would never end up obtaining his degree in Psychology at Harvard, he later transferred to the University of Columbia. The reasoning behind his transfer from Harvard to Columbia was a rather odd one. He transferred because a girl that he had feelings for rejected him after revealing to him that she did not have the same level of interest that he had. Thorndike continued studying educational psychology under the leadership of James McKeen Cattell. Edward graduated from Columbia in 1898 with a PhD in
When Edward finally had the power of freedom, he choose to enroll at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. While at Wesleyan University, Thorndike studied and achieved his Bachelor 's of Arts degree. He did finish his college education with his BA for science at Wesleyan, however, he opted to continue his education at Harvard University. Edward Thorndike originally planned to get another degree in French and English literature. While attending the University of Harvard, he enrolled in a psychology class. While in his second trimester at Harvard, he switched his main study to Psychology. Thorndike would never end up obtaining his degree in Psychology at Harvard, he later transferred to the University of Columbia. The reasoning behind his transfer from Harvard to Columbia was a rather odd one. He transferred because a girl that he had feelings for rejected him after revealing to him that she did not have the same level of interest that he had. Thorndike continued studying educational psychology under the leadership of James McKeen Cattell. Edward graduated from Columbia in 1898 with a PhD in