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Project Gutenberg's The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes, by Robert M. Yerkes This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes A Study of Ideational Behavior Author: Robert M. Yerkes Release Date: January 27, 2004 [EBook #10843] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MENTAL LIFE OF MONKEYS *** Produced by Michael Oltz and PG Distributed Proofreaders The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes: A Study of Ideational Behavior ROBERT M. YERKES Harvard University BEHAVIOR MONOGRAPHS Volume 3, Number 1, 1916 Serial Number 12 Edited by JOHN B. WATSON The Johns Hopkins University WITH SIX PLATES AND FIVE TEXT FIGURES CONTENTS I. Interests, opportunity and materials II. Observational problems and methods III. Results of multiple-choice experiments: 1. Skirrl, _Pithecus irus_ 2. Sobke, _Pithecus rhesus_ 3. Julius, _Pongo pygmaeus_ IV. Results of supplementary tests of ideational behavior: 1. Julius, _Pongo pygmaeus_: Box stacking experiment Box and pole experiment Draw-in experiment Lock and key test 2. Skirrl, _Pithecus irus_: Box stacking experiment Box and pole experiment Draw-in experiment Hammer and nail test Other activities 3. Sobke, _Pithecus rhesus_: Box stacking experiment Draw-in experiment Box and pole experiment Other activities V. Miscellaneous observations: 1. Right- and left-handedness 2. Instinct and emotion: Maternal instinct Fear Sympathy VI. Historical and critical discussion of ideational behavior in monkeys and apes: 1. Evidences of ideation in monkeys 2. Evidences of ideation in apes VII. Provision for the study of the primates and especially the monkeys and anthropoid apes VIII. Bibliography I INTERESTS, OPPORTUNITY AND MATERIALS Two strong interests come to expression in this report: the one in the study of the adaptive or ideational behavior of the monkeys and the
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