Edward C. Tolman
American psychologist and professor
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Edward Chace Tolman 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. Wikipedia
Born: April 14, 1886, West Newton, Newton, MA
Died: November 19, 1959 (age 73 years), Berkeley, CA
Known for: Behavioral psychology, cognitive map, latent learning, purposive behaviorism
Education: Harvard University (1915), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1911), and Newton North High School
Siblings: Richard C. Tolman
Doctoral advisor: Edwin Bissell Holt
Doctoral students: Murray Jarvik