Human Nature and the Social Order

Publication of this abridgement returns to intellectual commerce a major statement by one of the founders of exact social research. An early attempt to effect an integration of the social sciences, the massive original of 1940 exceeded the attention span of many readers, and it is hoped that this more readable edition will spark a renewal of the debate over its ideas. These excerpts from the editor's introduction underline some of the main"In Thorndike's own belief, individual salvation and public welfare lay most securely in the recourse to facts, a more trustworthy base than is character-building, given Thorndike's essentially pessimistic views of human nature in the abstract."Most social thinkers "could not accept Thorndike's hereditarian conclusions. Their own professionalism, however, caused them to agree with the position that he accorded to trained leadership, to expert judgment—another of the key ideas of Human Nature and the Social Order...""Good genes, plus the scientific habits of the mind learned and powers trained, he believed to be the superior predictors of those who would function best as the impartial, objective benefactors of mankind—if only the men in power would share their monopoly on leadership, or at least consult seriously with them.... With the student radicals' demand that the professors do more than describe and investigate society—that they engage their knowledge in efforts to improve society—E. L. Thorndike would agree."The guiding principle in abridging Human Nature and the Social Order (a work which in the original numbered over one thousand pages) was that the repetitive exposition and excessive illustration be eliminated without depriving the reader of that opportunity to understand the workings and qualities of Thorndike's mind and the revealing aspects of his personality that obtained in the original volume. Many long quotations were removed altogether and the rest was drastically shortened; but so that the reader might be informed of all the authors and works originally quoted or referred to by Thorndike, the Bibliography has been left unaltered.

Human nature and the social order

Politics & Social Sciences

Edward Lee Thorndike

Social Sciences

M.I.T. Press

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Educational Psychology: The Original Nature of Man

Franklin Classics Trade Press

Animal Intelligence; Experimental Studies

An intermediate dictionary giving pronunciation, examples of usage, and part of speech for each definition of a word. Includes some etymologies and exercises and lessons in the use of the dictionary.

Thorndike Barnhart intermediate dictionary,

Clarence Lewis Barnhart

Reference

Scott,Foresman

A beginning dictionary which includes illustrations, examples of usage in most definitions, and self-teaching lessons for developing skills in using the dictionary.

Scott, Foresman beginning dictionary

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Thorndike Barnhart Student Dictionary

Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers

Thorndike Barnhart Dictionary Beginning Level

Scott, Foresman-Addison Wesley

Excerpt from Animal Intelligence: An Experimental Study of the Associative Processes in Animals This monograph is an attempt at an explanation of the na ture of the process of association in the animal mind. In asmuch as there have been no extended researches of a char acter similar to the present one either in subject-matter or experimental method, it is necessary to explain brie y its stand point. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Animal Intelligence: An Experimental Study of the Associative Processes in Animals (Classic Reprint)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Forgotten Books

Excerpt from The Thorndike Arithmetics, Vol. 2 How much is two thirds of $75 less 10% of itself is how much? And What percent of 40 is 32? These exercises in equation form with missing numbers are harder than routine drills with question and answer, but are more productive of ability, and of ability of a higher type. They also penalize mere memoriter acquisition and serve as an ideally clear, brief, and unrestricted form for mental imagery of arithmetical facts and relations. Their value as preparation for the use of formulae in shop arith metic and for algebra is obvious. The meanings of decimal numbers are taught directly from an extension of the thousands, hundreds, tens, ones series to tenths, hundredths, and so on, as well as from the comparison with film, and roim The latter is used chieﬂy to emphasize the smallness of the magnitudes and the commensurability of the two sorts of expressions, and to clarify the general concept of a fraction by experience with fractions with very large denomina tors. Experience shows that place value, United States money, and railroad distance tables are more useful in explaining decimal numbers than the unfamiliar 1335, films, and fins. The placing of the decimal point in division by a decimal num ber is taught as a consequence of two general rules: Divisor X quotient must =dividend; (number of decimal places in the divisor) (number of decimal places in the quotient) must (number of decimal places in the The special devices by which correctness may be secured are made secondary to full mastery of the general principle and surety in deciding where the decimal point must be in simple cases without the help of any device. The justification for this is the fact that the devices themselves are of little importance, and the common custom of treating them as the essence of the procedure in dividing by a decimal degrades arithmetic to a mere collection of recipes. In using this book, the best results will be obtained by follow ing its plan closely except for changes authorized by the super visor in charge of Grades V and VI. Each section contributes something definite toward the growth of arithmetical ability. In many cases the work has as its chief aim the preparation for later acquisitions, or the use together of abilities already acquired separately, or the adaptation of an ability to special difficulties. The abilities and interests which the pupils have, as well as those which they are to acquire, are also considered in arranging the problems and exercises. Consequently, the organization is more subtle than it is in texts in which the pupil learns first to add frac tions, then to apply the adding of fractions to problems, then to subtract fractions, then to apply the subtracting of fractions to problems, and so on. The organization in this book, though less obvious, will be found more effective in producing in the learner a steady integration of habits and powers into a total arithmetical ability which will meet life's needs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Thorndike Arithmetics, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Science & Math

Mathematics

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