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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.
Edward Thorndike
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"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."
— Edward Thorndike

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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. — Edward Thorndike

About Edward Thorndike

Edward Thorndike was a Psychologist from United States (1874–1949).

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Edward Thorndike lived from 1874 – 1949.