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

《心理学》课程教学资源（PPT课件讲稿）第八章 意志

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

Learning is usually defined as a change in an individual caused by experience. Changes caused by development are not instances of learning. Neither are characteristics of individuals that are present at birth. However, human beings do so much learning from the day of their birth that learning and development are inseparably linked

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

Educational psychology is to give tomorrow' s teachers the intellectual grounding and practical strategies needed to be effective as instructors

Wertheimer came to the United States in 1933, shortly before the Nazis seized power in Germany

“Any subject can by taught effectively to any child at any stage of development

四川大学：心理发展与心理卫生（PPT讲稿，华西医院：黄颐）

“If I had to reduce all educational psychology just one principle, I would say this: The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly