Kenneth Wartinbee Spence was a prominent American psychologist known for both his theoretical and experimental contributions to learning theory and motivation. As one of the leading theorists of his time, Spence was the most cited psychologist in the fourteen most influential psychology journals over the last six years of his life. A Review of General Psychology survey published in 2002 ranked Spence as the 62nd most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
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Hull's student and collaborator who extended Hull's drive-reduction learning theory into what became known as Hull-Spence theory.
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