PSYCHOLOGIST

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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward C. Tolman has received more than 353,012 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Edward C. Tolman is the 75th most popular psychologist (down from 61st in 2019), the 1,251st most popular biography from United States (down from 913th in 2019) and the 25th 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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  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.06

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  • 2.20

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Edward C. Tolman ranks 75 out of 235. Before him are Otto Rank, Mary Ainsworth, Antonio Damasio, Ernst Heinrich Weber, George Armitage Miller, and Karl Bühler. After him are William Stern, Ludwig Binswanger, Timothy Leary, Paul Watzlawick, Edward B. Titchener, and Jean Tatlock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Edward C. Tolman ranks 45. Before him are Paul Tillich, Aron Nimzowitsch, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Marcel Dupré, Franz Rosenzweig, and Dong Biwu. After him are Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Alain-Fournier, Gottfried Benn, Erich Fellgiebel, Willem Drees, and Tsuguharu Foujita. Among people deceased in 1959, Edward C. Tolman ranks 27. Before him are Enrico De Nicola, Ritchie Valens, Alfred Kubin, Raphael Lemkin, Mike Hawthorn, and Mario Lanza. After him are Ettore Majorana, John Foster Dulles, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, Wanda Landowska, and Rudolf Caracciola.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward C. Tolman ranks 1,251 out of 20,380. Before him are Gerald Edelman (1929), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Claudia Goldin (1946), Evander Holyfield (1962), Jacque Fresco (1916), and Marvin Minsky (1927). After him are Charles Sweeney (1919), Ethan Hawke (1970), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), James Irwin (1930), Mike Shinoda (1977), and Tecumseh (1768).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In United States

Among psychologists born in United States, Edward C. Tolman ranks 25. Before him are Stanley Milgram (1933), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), Leon Festinger (1919), Philip Zimbardo (1933), Mary Ainsworth (1913), and George Armitage Miller (1920). After him are Timothy Leary (1920), Jean Tatlock (1914), G. Stanley Hall (1846), Walter Bradford Cannon (1871), David McClelland (1917), and Rollo May (1909).

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