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When was Edward Lee Thorndike born?

  • August 31, 1874

  • August 9, 1949

  • July 31, 1875

  • February 24, 1874

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Edward Lee Thorndike was born on August 31, 1874, in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. He was an American psychologist who is best known for his law of effect, which states that the strength of a behavior is increased if it is followed by a rewarding stimulus and decreased if it is followed by an aversive stimulus.
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