The Dancing Mouse - A Study in Animal Behavior by Robert M. Yerkes
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The use of color filters--Testing color vision by the use of transmitted light--Green-blue vision--Green-red vision--Blue-red vision--Stimulating value of different portions of the spectrum--Does red appear darker to the dancer than to us?--Conclusions concerning color vision--Structure of the retina of the dancer and its significance. CHAPTER XI THE ROLE OF SIGHT IN THE DAILY LIFE OF THE DANCER. Sight and general behavior--Behavior of blinded dancers--Experimental tests of ability to perceive form--Visual guidance in mazes--Following labyrinth paths in the dark--The relative importance of visual, olfactory, and kinaesthetic stimuli--Conditions for the acquisition of a motor habit--Conditions for the execution of an habitual act. CHAPTER XII EDUCABILITY: METHODS OF LEARNING The modifiability of behavior--Educational value of experimental studies of modifiability--Methods: the problem method; the labyrinth method; the discrimination method--Relation of method to characteristics of animal-- Simple test of the docility of the dancer--Lack of imitative tendency-- Persistence of useless acts--Manner of profiting by experience--Individual differences in initiative. |
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