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Quotes from Edward Thorndike — Edward Thorndike

1874–1949 United States

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If we (researchers) should keep the environment of boys and girls absolutely similar these instincts would produce sure and important differences between the mental and moral activities of boys and girls.

Edward Thorndike (1914)

Selective breeding can alter man's capacity to learn, to keep sane, to cherish justice or to be happy. There is no more certain and economical a way to improve man's environment as to improve his nature.

Edward Thorndike (1913)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edward Thorndike (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.