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    Edward L.

    Thorndike's Connectionism Theory

    Edward L. Thorndike

     was born August 31, 1874, Williamsburg, Massachusetts, U.S.

     he is an American psychologist known for his work in educational


    psychology and the development of connectionism.

     his work on animal behaviour and the learning process led to the
    theory of connectionism, which states that behavioral responses to
    specific stimuli are established through a process of trial and error that
    affects neural connections between the stimuli and the most satisfying
    responses.

    Connectionism

     It is mainly concerned with the connection between the stimulus and


    response (S-R).

     Forming association or connections between sensory experiences and


    neural impulses results in the prime time of learning.

     The neural impulses called responses.

     learning occurs by trial and error(selecting and connecting).

    》Thorndike's 3 primary laws:

    1. Law of exercise

     it is based on practice and drills to learn something for a long period


    of time.
    2 Parts of Law of exercise

     Law of Use- that the frequent recurring of the response to a stimulus


    strengthen their connection.

     Law of Disuse- i means that when a response is not made to a


    stimulus the connection strength is weakened or even forgotten.

    2. Law of effect

     Emphasize that if a response is followed by a "satisfying" state if


    affairs, the S-R connection is strengthened; if the response is followed
    by an "annoying" state of affairs, the S-R connection is weakened.

    3. Law of readiness

     it refers to the degree of eagerness and inquisitiveness to learn


    something new.

     it states that if one is prepared to act, to do so is rewarding, and not to


    do so is punishing.

    》Other laws of learning:

    1. Law of Primacy

     It implies that learning a concept or skill again is more difficult than


    the first time one has learned.

    2. Law of Intensity
     it implies that exposing the student in real in real world applications
    of the skills and concepts makes them most likely to remember the
    experience.

    3. Law of Recency

     The concept or skills most recently learned are least forgotten, thus
    when learners are isolated in time from learning a new concept, the
    more difficult it is for them to remember.

    》The principle of Associative Shifting:

     The Principle of associative shifting principles of learning of


    Thorndike anticipated the classical conditioning paradigm of Pavlov.

     The law of associative shifting describes a process whereby a


    response may shift from one stimulus to another.

     Learning consists of the formation of connections between stimuli and


    responses, and such connections are created whenever a response is
    followed by a satisfier/reward.

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