Multiple choice

Who propounded the "Trial and Error theory of learning"?

  1. Lev Vygotsky

  2. I.P Pavlon

  3. B.F. Skinner

  4. E.L Throndike

  5. Jean Piaget
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Thorndike used the cat's behavior in a puzzle box to describe what happens when all beings learn anything. The way his experiment worked was by placing a hungry cat into the box, then observing its behavior as it tried to escape and obtain some food.  For the most part, he noticed that the cats obtained the food only by "trial-and-error."

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