Edwin R. Guthrie

(1886-1959) born in Lincoln. Psychologist, educator, known for developing a behavioral learning theory based on stimulus-response associations during career at the University of Washington, his ideas influenced the development of statistical learning theory, authored Theory of Learning (1935), which became considered a milestone in psychological science. Consult American Journal of Psychology, Vol 72 (1959) 642-650 and American National Biography, Vol 9 (1999) 739-740 and Encyclopedia of Psychology, Vol 4 (Oxford University Press, 2000) 43-44.

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