Clark L. Hull Biography

Clark L. Hull biography

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NAME: Clark L. Hull
OCCUPATION: Educator, Scholar, Psychologist
BIRTH DATE: May 24, 1884
DEATH DATE: May 10, 1952
EDUCATION: University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
PLACE OF BIRTH: Akron, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: New Haven, Connecticut
Full Name: Clark Leonard Hull

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Psychologist Clark L. Hull performed a study and produced the dominant learning theory of the 1940s and 1950s, that learning was based on “habit strength."

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Born May 24, 1884, in Akron, NY, Clark L. Hull engaged in three research endeavors. His study of psychometrics culminated in Aptitude Testing (1929). His study of hypnosis resulted in Hypnosis and Suggestibility (1933). His major effort was reserved for an intensive study of learning that produced the dominant learning theory of the 1940s and 1950s—that learning was based on “habit strength.”