Charles Henry Turner

​Clever Hans 1985-1916

Multiple Choice

Clever Hans real talent was...

• Counting

• Reading body language

• Trotting

• Reading

Edward Thorndike
1847-1949

​-Son of Methodist Minister, Massachusetts
-Painfully shy and lonely
-Graduated 1st or 2nd in every class
-Studies and played tennis at Wesleyan
-Hated his undergrad psych class but read James and loved it
-Went to Harvard to study with James

Multiple Choice

Thorndike's first recorded research with William James involved...

• Mindreading with small children

• Teaching chickens to peck only a certain color of corn

• Cats in puzzle boxes

• Studying the babble luck theory of language learning

​Thorndike's Puzzle Box at Columbia University

​Thorndike's real puzzle boxes 1897-1898

Multiple Choice

Thorndike's theory of learning that involved stamping in satisfying behavior and stamping out annoying behavior was called...

• Instrumental Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• Law of Effect

• Modeling Theory

​Law of Effect - Trial and Error
Annoyers (Punishment)
Satisfiers (Reinforcement)

​Contributions:
*Stats for Army Alpha/Beta
*Other theories of learning stated their position relative to Thorndike

Draw

Draw a circle where you think Charles Henry Turner was born and went to college.

Charles Henry Turner

​1867-1953

Multiple Choice

Charles Henry Turner was the first African-American to get a PhD from the University of Chicago. In what discipline did Turner get his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1907?

• Psychology

• Biology

• Philosophy

• Zoology

Multiple Choice

Producing over 70 scientific papers during his career, what was the subject of most of Turner's research?

• Bugs

• People

• Monkeys

• Rats

Multiple Choice

Where did Turner spend most of his career teaching and doing research?

• Sumner High School in St. Louis

• University of Chicago

• Clark College in Atlanta

• University of Cincinnati

Poll

Which of Turner's research areas do you find most interesting?

• Color Vision and Pattern Recognition in Honey Bees

• The Ability of Ants to Learn from Experience

• Hearing in Insects

• Trial and Error Learning in Caterpillars

​Turner's Circling

Multiple Choice

Turner's son, Darwin Romanes Turner and grandson, Darwin Theodore Turner, successfully pursued which careers?

• Psychologist and Teacher

• Pharmacist and Poet

• Researcher and Biology Teacher

• Minister and Musician

​Darwin Romanes Turner

1894-1983​

​Darwin Theodore Turner

1931-1991​

Racism in insects

​Education is the best solution to racism.

His insect and animal research showed two types of racism:

Unconditioned Response to the Unfamiliar

Learning through Imitation​