Received bachelor’s degree in Hamilton College in New York, majored in English literature. He decided to be a writer.(influenced by Robert Frost)

Affiliation: Institute of Experimental Medicine, St. Petersburg (Professor from 1890; Director from 1902); Military Medical Academy, St. Petersburg Worked on the physiology of circulation and digestion In 1904,he won Nobel Prize for his work on the physiology of digestion

Thorndike called the association between sense impressions and impulses to action a bond or a connection. This marked the first formal attempt to link sensory events to behavior. Earlier brands of associationism attempted to show how ideas became linked together; thus Thorndike's

Anything that can be learned from direct experience can also be learned by indirect or vicarious experience

The foundation of E.P.: before 1920s Wundt,1879: methodology James, “Talks to the teachers” 1899; “The principles of psychology”1890; Dewey: apply psychology to education

《心理学与生活》课程教学资源：金钱对幸福感的影响及其心理机制（华中师范大学：李静、郭永玉）

1、掌握记忆的含义、基本过程、类型等基本知识 2、了解记忆的组织、测量以及记忆的系统等知识;

《心理学与生活》课程教学资源：从英语谚语看西方人的婚恋观（黄冈师范学院：蔡阳）

使学生掌握表象的定义、特征、种类和表象的理论。掌握想象的定义、功能、种类等基本知识,懂得想 象的规律及其应用

第一节情绪与情感的概述 第二节情绪和脑 第三节小学生情绪情感的发展 第四节情绪的自我调节与控制