He served as an instructor in genetic psychology at Columbia and in 1904 was made director of the Institute of Educational Research.  
Wolfgang Kohler's The Mentality of Apes presents a refutation of the ideas of this psychologist.  He served as an instructor in genetic psychology at Columbia and in 1904 was made director of the Institute of Educational Research.  His works Educational Psychology and Mental and Social Measurements reflected his interest in the intelligence of children, but he is better known for his namesake puzzle box that he used for testing animal psychology.  FTP, identify this psychologist and author of Animal Intelligence, the developer of the laws of exercise and effect.
Wolfgang Kohler's The Mentality of Apes presents a refutation of the ideas of this psychologist.  
Edward Thorndike