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Edward Thorndike was a pioneering American psychologist who developed the theory of connectionism, laying the foundation for educational psychology and behavior

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Edward Thorndike was a pioneering American psychologist who developed the theory of connectionism, laying the foundation for educational psychology and behavior analysis. His work on comparative psychology and the learning process had a profound impact on the field of psychology, earning him the ninth-most cited psychologist of the 20th century. Thorndike's contributions to reinforcement theory and behavior analysis continue to influence education and psychology today.