Clark David O
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Hist Psychol. 2005 Aug;8(3):235-54. doi: 10.1037/1093-4510.8.3.235.
Edwin R. Guthrie rose to prominence as a psychologist in the 1930s. His theoretical outlook was behavioristic. This approach came from his conviction that an objective method could be applied to a scientific treatment of mind. Prior to becoming a psychologist, he was a philosopher of mathematics. Guthrie was initiated into psychology by Stevenson Smith, from whom he learned a psychology of adjustment informed by comparative research, Columbia functionalism, and clinical psychology. Guthrie's first step into psychology was in collaboration with Smith on Chapters in General Psychology (S. Smith & E.R. Guthrie, 1921). To synthesize their own unique position on learning from the contemporary theory and research, they used the principle of association. This articles focuses on Guthrie's origin and his development into a learning theorist.
埃德温·R·古斯里在20世纪30年代成为杰出的心理学家。他的理论观点是行为主义的。这种方法源于他的信念，即一种客观方法可应用于对心智的科学研究。在成为心理学家之前，他是一名数学哲学家。古斯里是由史蒂文森·史密斯引入心理学领域的，他从史密斯那里学到了一种受比较研究、哥伦比亚机能主义和临床心理学影响的调适心理学。古斯里进入心理学领域的第一步是与史密斯合作撰写《普通心理学章节》（S. 史密斯和E.R. 古斯里，1921年）。为了从当代理论和研究中综合出他们自己关于学习的独特立场，他们运用了联想原则。本文聚焦于古斯里的出身以及他成为学习理论家的发展历程。
