# Edward Thorndike (@edward-thorndike)

Edward Thorndike (1874–1949) was an American psychologist whose experiments on learning and measurement strongly influenced education and behaviorism.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Edward Thorndike's public record._

## Topics

- [Law of Effect](/@edward-thorndike/law-of-effect.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Legacy and Eugenics](/@edward-thorndike/legacy-and-eugenics.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Measurement and Schooling](/@edward-thorndike/measurement-and-schooling.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2006/october/edward-l-thorndike/
- blog: https://www.apa.org/about/governance/president/bio-edward-l-thorndike
- blog: https://www.loc.gov/item/mm78041165/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "edward-thorndike", "question": "…"}`.