_____ was the first psychologist to systematically investigate animal learning and to study how voluntary behaviors are influenced by their consequences.
A) Edward C. Tolman
B) B. F. Skinner
C) Ivan Pavlov
D) Edward L. Thorndike

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Edward L. Thorndike is known as the first psychologist to systematically investigate animal learning and to study how voluntary behaviors are influenced by their consequences. He is known for his law of effect, which states that behaviors that are followed by satisfying outcomes are more likely to be repeated, while behaviors that are followed by unpleasant outcomes are less likely to be repeated.

_____ Was the First Psychologist to Systematically Investigate Animal Learning