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
QQ (c) (nail chute) | | | | |
| 10 | 10 F | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
No. 3, Jan. 15, 1901, | 20 | 11.00 | | No. |Yes.
Epsilon (push down) | | 30 F | ? | |
| 15 | 10 F | | |
| | | | |
No. 3, Jan. 16, 1901, | | | | |
QQ (e) (hook chute) | 10 | .10 |Dissimilar.| No. |
| | .10 | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
No. 3, Jan. 19, 1901, | 7 | 5 F | | |
QQ (ff) (string chute | 8 | 5 F | | |
with wire) | 12 | 3.00 |Dissimilar.| No. |
| | 5 F | | |
| | | | |
No. 3, Jan. 22, 1901, | 10 | 5 F | | |
WW (bar inside) | |6.00[40]| | |
| | | | |
| |7.00[40]|Dissimilar.| No. |
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In only one case (bolt at top) out of eight was there possibly any
attempt at the act after he had been put through which had not been made
before. The ‘yes or?’ in the table with RR was a case occurring after the
imitation of me but before the putting No. 1 through.
Out of 6 cases where he had himself failed, No. 3 succeeded (after being
put through 113, 23, 20, 10, 10, 20 and 10 times) in 3 cases (chute bar,
push down and bar inside). The act was dissimilar in all three cases,
bearing absolutely no resemblance in one case. There was no unsuccessful
attempt at the act taught him in any of the cases. With the chute he
did finger the bar after tuition where he had not done so before, but
it was probably an accidental result of his holding his hand out toward
it for me to take as he had formed the habit of doing. In the case of
box Epsilon (push down), with which he succeeded by pushing his hand in
above the lever (an act which though unlike that taught him might be by
some considered to be due to an idea gained from the tuition), he failed
entirely after further tuition (15 times).
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