Edward Thorndike Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.”

“The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare.”

“When, instead of merely associating some act with some situation in the animal way, we think the situation out, we have a set of particular feelings of its elements.”

“This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.”

“The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.”