Animal intelligence: Experimental studiesThorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)
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Animal intelligence: Experimental studies
Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)
Animal intelligence; Psychology, Comparative
Box NN (hook) was a box about the size of BB with its door held by an
ordinary hook on the left side which hooked through an eyelet screwed
into the door.
Box NNN was NN with the hook on the right instead of the left side.
Box NNNN was box NN with two hooks, one on each side.
Apparatus OO (string box) consisted of a square box tied to a string,
which formed a loop running over a pulley by the cage and a pulley
outside, so that pulling on the under string would bring the box to the
cage. In each experiment the box was first pulled back to a distance of 2
feet 3 inches from the cage, and a piece of banana put in it. The monkey
could, of course, secure the banana by pulling the box near enough.
Apparatus OOO was the same as OO, with the box tied to the upper string,
so that the upper string had to be pulled instead of the lower.
Box PP was about the size of BB. Its door was held by a large string
securely fastened at the right, passing across the front of the door and
ending in a loop which was put over a nail on the box at the left of the
door. By pulling the string off the nail the door could be opened.
Box RR (wood plug) was a box about the size of BB. The door was held by
a string at its top, which passed up over the front and top to the rear,
where it was fastened to a wooden plug which was inserted in a hole in
the top of the box. When the plug was pulled out of the hole, the door
would fall open.
Box SS (triple; wood-plug, hook and bar) was a box about the size of BB.
To open the door, a bar had to be pushed around, a hook unhooked and a
plug removed from a hole in the top of the box.
Box TT (nail plug) was 14 by 10 by 10 inches with a door 5.5 by 10 on
the right side of the front, the rest of the front being barred up. The
door was hinged at the bottom and fastened at its top to a wire which
was fastened to a nail 2.5 inches long, which, when inserted in a hole
0.25 inches in diameter at the back of the top of the box, held the door
closed. By drawing out this nail and pulling the door the animal could
open the door.
Box VV (plug at side) was a box about 18 by 10 by 10, the door held by
a plug passing through a hole in the side of the box. When the plug was
pulled out, the door could be pushed inward.
Box W (loop) was 17 by 10 by 10 inches with a door 5 by 9 at the left
side of its front hinged at the bottom. The door was prevented from
falling inward by a wire stretched behind it. It was prevented from
falling outward by a wire firmly fastened at the right side and held by a
loop over a nail at the left. By pulling the loop outward and to the left
it could be freed from the nail. The door could then be pulled open.
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