Habit and instinct,
"This book examines habits and instincts in animals and humans. Observations of locomotion and other instinctive behavior in birds and mammals are presented. The relation of consciousness to instinctive behavior is addressed. Intelligence and the acquisition of habits is explored. Imitation and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London, New York,
E. Arnold,
1896.
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| Series: | ATLA monograph preservation program ;
ATLA fiche 1989-1750. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book examines habits and instincts in animals and humans. Observations of locomotion and other instinctive behavior in birds and mammals are presented. The relation of consciousness to instinctive behavior is addressed. Intelligence and the acquisition of habits is explored. Imitation and emotions are discussed. Habits and instincts in relation of the pairing season, nest building, incubation, and migration are examined. The relation of organic to mental evolution is considered. Whether acquired habits are inherited is addressed. Modification and variation and heredity in man is explored." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | "The substance of this volume was delivered as a Lowell course at Boston, and as lectures in New York, Chicago, and other university centres ..."--Preface. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (4 preliminary leaves, 351, [1] pages) front |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0790585251 9780790585253 |