Psychology helps to measure the probability that an aim is attainable.

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• Edward Thorndike:

  Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.

• Edward Thorndike:

  So the animal finally performs in that situation only the fitting act.

• Edward Thorndike:

  Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life;

• Edward Thorndike:

  The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and becaus

• Edward Thorndike:

  The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of

• Edward Thorndike:

  The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity,

• Edward Thorndike:

  The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others a

• Edward Thorndike:

  The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not

• Edward Thorndike:

  The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of

• Edward Thorndike:

  There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no