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
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| DOG 2 IMITATING DOG 1
--------------------------------+------+------+---------+-------------
| Times| Times| Times | Time 2 was
| 1 did| 2 saw| Doubtful| in alone
--------------------------------+------+------+---------+-------------
| 30 | 9 | 11 | 10.00 F
After 1 Hour | 30 | 10 | 9 | 10.00 F
After 48 Hours | 25 | 8 | 8 |
After 1 Hour | 10 | 3 | 4 | 9.00 F[11]
After 24 Hours | 30 | 8 | 12 | 15.00 F
After 1 Hour | 30 | 9 | 12 | 15.00 F
After 48 Hours | 20 | 7 | 6 | 10.00 F
| 20 | 8 | 7 |
After 48 Hours | 30 | 6 | 8 | 15.00 F
After 24 Hours | 15 | 2 | 4 | 10.00 F
Total times surely and possibly seen,— 70 81 |
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TABLE 6 (c)
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| DOG 3 IMITATING DOG 1
--------------------------------+------+------+---------+-------------
| Times| Times| Times | Time 3 was
| 1 did| 3 saw| Doubtful| in alone
--------------------------------+------+------+---------+-------------
| 30 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 F
After 1 Hour | 30 | 9 | 10 | 10.00 F
After 1 Hour | 15 | 6 | 4 |
After 24 Hours | 30 | 9 | 11 | 15.00 F
After 24 Hours | 30 | 10 | 12 | 15.00 F
After 1 Hour | 30 | 8 | 9 | 10.00 F
After 48 Hours | 20 | 6 | 7 | 40.00 F
After 1 Hour | 20 | 6 | 5 |
After 48 Hours | 30 | 8 | 9 | 15.00 F
After 24 Hours | 15 | 3 | 4 | 20.00 F
Total times surely and possibly seen,— 75 81 |
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Another corroborative, though not very valuable, experiment was the
following: Dog 3 had been taught for the purpose of another experiment
to jump up on a box and beg when I held a piece of meat above the box. I
then caused him to do this 110 times (within two days) in the presence of
1. Although 1 saw him at least 20 per cent of the times (3 was always fed
each time he jumped on the box), he never tried to imitate him.
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