Archive for July 2nd, 2006
Psychological Properties of Colours
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006How does colour psychology work? Colour is light, travelling to us in waves from the sun, on the same electro-magnetic spectrum as radio and television […]
Edward L. Thorndike
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006Edward L. Thorndike
(1874-1949) Psychologist
Education
Wesleyan University (BS, 1895)
Harvard University (MA, 1897) - Worked with William James
Columbia University (Ph.D., 1898) - Under James M. Cattell
Career
Assistant Professor of Pedagogy at Case Western Reserve University (1898)
Faculty at Teachers College, Columbia University (1899-1940)
President of American Psychological Association […]
The Mice In Council
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006Long ago, the mice being distressed by the persecution of a cat, decided to call a meeting to discuss the best means of getting rid of this continual annoyance.
After several suggestions had been debated, a Mouse of some standing and experience got up and said,”I think I have hit upon a […]
Quotes About Wisdom
Sunday, July 2nd, 2006Allegory of Wisdom and Strength, 1580Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. ~Elbert Hubbard
We can be Knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom. ~Michel de Montaigne
Wisdom begins […]
