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  2. Category:Trial and research firearms - Wikipedia

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    Trial and research firearms. Help. This category includes prototype firearms and firearms designed for military use which never entered general service. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trial and research firearms.

  3. Trial and Error (novel) - Wikipedia

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    This article about a crime novel of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

  4. Edisonian approach - Wikipedia

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    Inventor Nikola Tesla is quoted as saying "[Edison's] method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all unless blind chance intervened and, at first, I was almost a sorry witness of his doings, knowing that just a little theory and calculation would have saved him 90 percent of the labour ...

  5. Decay theory - Wikipedia

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    Decay theory. The Decay theory is a theory that proposes that memory fades due to the mere passage of time. Information is therefore less available for later retrieval as time passes and memory, as well as memory strength, wears away. [1] When an individual learns something new, a neurochemical "memory trace" is created.

  6. Cat intelligence - Wikipedia

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    The domestic cat is attributed a value of between 1–1.71 (for comparison: human values range between 7.44–7.8). [1] [3] The largest brains in the family Felidae are those of the tigers in Java and Bali. [5] It is debated whether there exists a causal relationship between brain size and intelligence in vertebrates.

  7. Sultan (chimpanzee) - Wikipedia

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    Sultan, one of the brightest of the early chimpanzees used for psychological research, was tested by Gestalt psychologist Wolfgang Köhler. Sultan is particularly recognized for his insight in solving numerous problems, including stacking or manipulating boxes to reach a reward and use of two sticks as a unit to rake food to a reachable ...

  8. Edwin Ray Guthrie - Wikipedia

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    23 April 1959. (1959-04-23) (aged 73) Seattle, Washington. Known for. One Trial Theory. Edwin Ray Guthrie ( / ˈɡʌθri /; January 9, 1886 – April 23, 1969) was a behavioral psychologist who began his career as a mathematics teacher and philosopher. But, he became a psychologist at the age of 33. He spent most of his career at the University ...

  9. Functional psychology - Wikipedia

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    Functional psychology. Functional psychology or functionalism refers to a psychological school of thought that was a direct outgrowth of Darwinian thinking which focuses attention on the utility and purpose of behavior that has been modified over years of human existence. [1] Edward L. Thorndike, best known for his experiments with trial-and ...