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Edward C. Tolman

1886 - 1959

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Edward Chace Tolman (April 14, 1886 – November 19, 1959) was an American psychologist and a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Through Tolman's theories and works, he founded what is now a branch of psychology known as purposive behaviorism. Tolman also promoted the concept known as latent learning first coined by Blodgett (1929). A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Tolman as the 45th most cited psychologist of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward C. Tolman is the 87th most popular psychologist (down from 75th in 2019), the 1,780th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,251st in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Psychologist.

Edward C. Tolman is most famous for his work in the psychology of learning. He is most famous for his theory of latent learning, which states that animals can learn without being aware of what they are learning.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Edward C. Tolman ranks 87 out of 235. Before him are George Armitage Miller, Timothy Leary, Paul Watzlawick, Hugo Münsterberg, Ludwig Binswanger, and G. Stanley Hall. After him are Harry Stack Sullivan, Auguste Forel, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Benjamin Bloom, David McClelland, and Urie Bronfenbrenner.

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Among people born in 1886, Edward C. Tolman ranks 52. Before him are Alain-Fournier, Franz Rosenzweig, Garegin Nzhdeh, Frank Lloyd, Rex Stout, and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Gottfried Benn, Willem Drees, Erich Fellgiebel, Gyula Gömbös, Jisaburō Ozawa, and Paul Lévy. Among people deceased in 1959, Edward C. Tolman ranks 38. Before him are Jose P. Laurel, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Wanda Landowska, Raphael Lemkin, Alfred Kubin, and Arthur Cecil Pigou. After him are John Foster Dulles, Ichirō Hatoyama, Mario Lanza, Sisavang Vong, Sidney Bechet, and Rudolf Caracciola.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward C. Tolman ranks 1,780 out of 20,380. Before him are John Fogerty (1945), Myrtle Corbin (1868), Benjamin Butler (1818), Paul Stanley (1952), Victor Wong (1927), and George Wald (1906). After him are George Carlin (1937), David Lane (1938), Jaco Pastorius (1951), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Richard Axel (1946), and Robert Noyce (1927).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Edward C. Tolman ranks 28. Before him are Raymond Moody (1944), Philip Zimbardo (1933), Mary Ainsworth (1913), George Armitage Miller (1920), Timothy Leary (1920), and G. Stanley Hall (1846). After him are Harry Stack Sullivan (1892), Benjamin Bloom (1913), David McClelland (1917), Rollo May (1909), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), and Carol Gilligan (1936).

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