Quote#Wisdom
If we (researchers) should keep the environment of boys and girls…
Quote byEdward Thorndike · 1874–1949
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Edward Thorndike (1914), Educational Psychology: Briefer Course. New York: Teachers College, Columbia University. p. 203..
English (original)
If we (researchers) should keep the environment of boys and girls absolutely similar these instincts would produce sure and important differences between the mental and moral activities of boys and girls.
— Edward Thorndike
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