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Edward C. Tolman
Tolman, Edward Chace
Edward Chace Tolman, 1886–1959, American psychologist, b. West Newton, Mass., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1911; Ph. D. Harvard, 1915. He spent most of his academic career at the Univ. of California, Berkeley, where he taught psychology (1918–54). His approach to human behavior involved a synthesis of Gestalt psychology and behaviorism, focusing on an entire, goal-directed action, including both muscular responses and the cognitive processes which direct them. The first to selectively breed rats for high and low maze-solving abilities, Tolman wrote Purposive Behavior in Animals and Men (1932, repr. 1967), and Drives Toward War (1942).
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright© 2013, The Columbia University Press.Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia
Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology
Gregory A. Kimble; Michael Wertheimer; Charlotte White. American Psychological Association, 1991
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Gregory A. Kimble; Michael Wertheimer; Charlotte White. American Psychological Association, 1991
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 15 "Edward Chace Tolman: A Life of Scientific and Social Purpose"
Foundations of Conditioning and Learning
Gregory A. Kimble. Appleton Century Crofts, 1967
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Gregory A. Kimble. Appleton Century Crofts, 1967
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 3 "The Objectivist Climate: Bechterev, Watson, and Tolman" and Chap. 13 "The Determiners of Behavior at a Choice Point" by Edward C. Tolman
Readings in Learning
Lawrence M. Stolurow. Prentice-Hall, 1953
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Lawrence M. Stolurow. Prentice-Hall, 1953
Librarian’s tip: "There Is More Than One Kind of Learning" by Edward C. Tolman begins on p. 62 and "Social Learning" by Edward C. Tolman begins on p. 329
Contemporary Learning Theories: Pavlovian Conditioning and the Status of Traditional Learning Theory
Stephen B. Klein; Robert R. Mowrer. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1989
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Stephen B. Klein; Robert R. Mowrer. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1989
Librarian’s tip: "Tolman's Expectancy Theory" begins on p. 8
Systems and Theories of Psychology
J. P. Chaplin; T. S. Krawiec. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962 (3rd edition)
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J. P. Chaplin; T. S. Krawiec. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962 (3rd edition)
Librarian’s tip: "Tolman's Purposive Behavior" begins on p. 250
The Explanation of Human Behaviour
F. V. Smith. Constable, 1951
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F. V. Smith. Constable, 1951
Librarian’s tip: Chap. XI "The System of E. C. Tolman"
Historical Perspectives and the International Status of Comparative Psychology
Ethel Tobach; International Society for Comparative Psychology Conference 1983, Toronto, Ont. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1987
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Ethel Tobach; International Society for Comparative Psychology Conference 1983, Toronto, Ont. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1987
Librarian’s tip: Chap. 8 "Edward C. Tolman: Comparative Psychologist?"
Topics in the History of Psychology
Gregory A. Kimble; Kurt Schlesinger. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, vol.1, 1985
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Gregory A. Kimble; Kurt Schlesinger. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, vol.1, 1985
Librarian’s tip: "Tolman" begins on p. 48
War: Studies from Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology
Leon Bramson; George W. Goethals. Basic Books, 1968
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Leon Bramson; George W. Goethals. Basic Books, 1968
Librarian’s tip: Includes "Drives toward War" by Edward C. Tolman
Twentieth Century Psychology: Recent Developments in Psychology
Philip Lawrence Harriman. Philosophical Library, 1946
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Philip Lawrence Harriman. Philosophical Library, 1946
Librarian’s tip: "Identification and the Post-war World" by Edward C. Tolman begins on p. 119
Reinforcement: An Enduring Problem in Psychology Selected Readings
Robert C. Birney; Richard C. Teevan. Van Nostrand, 1961
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Robert C. Birney; Richard C. Teevan. Van Nostrand, 1961
Librarian’s tip: "Equal Reinforcements in Both End-Boxes, Followed by Shock in One End-Box" by Edward C. Tolman and Henry Gleitman begins on p. 61
Behaviorism: A Conceptual Reconstruction
G. E. Zuriff. Columbia University Press, 1985
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G. E. Zuriff. Columbia University Press, 1985
Librarian’s tip: "Tolman" begins on p. 254
Contemporary Schools of Psychology
Robert S. Woodworth. Ronald Press, 1948 (Revised edition)
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Robert S. Woodworth. Ronald Press, 1948 (Revised edition)
Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Edward C. Tolman begins on p. 103
Approaches to Cognition: Contrasts and Controversies
Terry J. Knapp; Lynn C. Robertson. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1986
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Terry J. Knapp; Lynn C. Robertson. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1986
Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Edward C. Tolman begins on p. 112
Handbook of Contemporary Learning Theories
Robert R. Mowrer; Stephen B. Klein. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001
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Robert R. Mowrer; Stephen B. Klein. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001
Librarian’s tip: Discussion of Edward C. Tolman begins on p. 11