Animal intelligence: Experimental studies

Name: Animal intelligence: Experimental studies
Author: Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)

Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)

Animal intelligence; Psychology, Comparative

Discrimination, in cats and dogs, 128 ff.;
    in chicks, 156 ff.;
    in monkeys, 195 ff.

  Dogs, associative processes in, 56 ff.;
    imitation in, 91 ff.;
    the presence of ideas in, 115 f.;
    reasoning in, 67 ff.


  Education, applications of animal psychology in, 149 f.

  Effect, the law of, 244 f., 266 ff.

  Emotional reactions of chicks, 162 ff.

  Evolution, of behavior, 272 ff.;
    of human intellect, 282 ff.;
    of ideas, 289 ff.

  Exercise, the law of, 244 f.

  Experience, the influence of previous, 48 ff.

  Experiments, need of, in animal psychology, 26;
    with cats, 35 ff., 85 ff., 103 ff., 111 f., 114 f., 129 ff., 138 f.;
    with chicks, 61 ff., 81 ff., 132, 136, 143 f., 156 ff.;
    with dogs, 56 ff., 91 ff., 103 ff., 115 f.;
    with fishes, 169 ff.;
    with monkeys, 176-235, _passim_.


  Fears, of chicks, 162 ff.

  Fishes, experiments with, 169 ff.


  GALTON, F., 3.


  Habit. _See_ Association.

  HALL, G. S., 3.

  Human. _See_ Man.

  Hunger, effect of, on animal learning, 27 f.

  HUNT, H. E., 163.


  Ideas, development of, 121 f., 289 ff.;
    existence of, as adjuncts in animal learning, 108 ff., 189 ff., 206
        ff., 222 ff.;
    impotence of, to create connections, 257 ff.

  Ideo-motor action, 257 ff.

  Images, 108 f. _See also_ Ideas.

  Imitation, analysis of the supposed effects of, 251 ff.;
    in cats, 85 ff.;
    in chicks, 81 ff.;
    in dogs, 91 ff.;
    in general, 76 ff., 94 ff.;
    in monkeys, 96, 211 ff., 219 ff.;
    in speech, 253 ff.

  Impulses, as features of the associative processes, 100 ff.;
    defined, 37.

  Incubation, the instinct of, 276 ff.

  Individual differences in association, 52 ff.

  Inhibition of instincts by association, 142 ff.

  Instincts, as explanations of some cases of supposed imitation, 251;
    inhibition of, 142 ff.;
    of chicks, 156 ff.;
    of incubation, 276 ff.;
    of monkeys, 237;
    the starting-point of animal learning, 36 f.

  Intellect. _See_ Association, Ideas, Imitation, Memory, Reasoning,
        etc.

  Interaction, 147 f.

  Introspection, the over-emphasis of, 3.


  JAMES, W., 3, 120, 143, 286.

  JENNINGS, H. S., 267, 268, 269, 270, 274, 279.


  KLINE, L. W., 173.


  Language, 253 ff.

  Learning, evolution of, 278 ff.;
    methods of, 174 f.
    _See_ Association, Behavior, Ideas, Imitation, Reasoning.

  LUBBOCK, J., 240.


  Man, compared with lower animals in intellect, 123 ff., 239 f.;
    mental evolution of, 282 ff.

  Memory, 108 f., 138 ff., 203.
    _See_ Association and Permanence of associations.

  Methods in animal psychology, 22 ff.

  MILLS, W., 191.

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Animal intelligence: Experimental studies

Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)

Animal intelligence; Psychology, Comparative

Discrimination, in cats and dogs, 128 ff.;
    in chicks, 156 ff.;
    in monkeys, 195 ff.

  Dogs, associative processes in, 56 ff.;
    imitation in, 91 ff.;
    the presence of ideas in, 115 f.;
    reasoning in, 67 ff.


  Education, applications of animal psychology in, 149 f.

  Effect, the law of, 244 f., 266 ff.

  Emotional reactions of chicks, 162 ff.

  Evolution, of behavior, 272 ff.;
    of human intellect, 282 ff.;
    of ideas, 289 ff.

  Exercise, the law of, 244 f.

  Experience, the influence of previous, 48 ff.

  Experiments, need of, in animal psychology, 26;
    with cats, 35 ff., 85 ff., 103 ff., 111 f., 114 f., 129 ff., 138 f.;
    with chicks, 61 ff., 81 ff., 132, 136, 143 f., 156 ff.;
    with dogs, 56 ff., 91 ff., 103 ff., 115 f.;
    with fishes, 169 ff.;
    with monkeys, 176-235, _passim_.


  Fears, of chicks, 162 ff.

  Fishes, experiments with, 169 ff.


  GALTON, F., 3.


  Habit. _See_ Association.

  HALL, G. S., 3.

  Human. _See_ Man.

  Hunger, effect of, on animal learning, 27 f.

  HUNT, H. E., 163.


  Ideas, development of, 121 f., 289 ff.;
    existence of, as adjuncts in animal learning, 108 ff., 189 ff., 206
        ff., 222 ff.;
    impotence of, to create connections, 257 ff.

  Ideo-motor action, 257 ff.

  Images, 108 f. _See also_ Ideas.

  Imitation, analysis of the supposed effects of, 251 ff.;
    in cats, 85 ff.;
    in chicks, 81 ff.;
    in dogs, 91 ff.;
    in general, 76 ff., 94 ff.;
    in monkeys, 96, 211 ff., 219 ff.;
    in speech, 253 ff.

  Impulses, as features of the associative processes, 100 ff.;
    defined, 37.

  Incubation, the instinct of, 276 ff.

  Individual differences in association, 52 ff.

  Inhibition of instincts by association, 142 ff.

  Instincts, as explanations of some cases of supposed imitation, 251;
    inhibition of, 142 ff.;
    of chicks, 156 ff.;
    of incubation, 276 ff.;
    of monkeys, 237;
    the starting-point of animal learning, 36 f.

  Intellect. _See_ Association, Ideas, Imitation, Memory, Reasoning,
        etc.

  Interaction, 147 f.

  Introspection, the over-emphasis of, 3.


  JAMES, W., 3, 120, 143, 286.

  JENNINGS, H. S., 267, 268, 269, 270, 274, 279.


  KLINE, L. W., 173.


  Language, 253 ff.

  Learning, evolution of, 278 ff.;
    methods of, 174 f.
    _See_ Association, Behavior, Ideas, Imitation, Reasoning.

  LUBBOCK, J., 240.


  Man, compared with lower animals in intellect, 123 ff., 239 f.;
    mental evolution of, 282 ff.

  Memory, 108 f., 138 ff., 203.
    _See_ Association and Permanence of associations.

  Methods in animal psychology, 22 ff.

  MILLS, W., 191.

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