The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior

About this eBook

Author

Yerkes, Robert Mearns, 1876-1956

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Michael Oltz, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Dancing mice

Category

Text

eBook-No.

8729

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8729

Release Date

August 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SERIES. VOLUME I — THE DANCING MOUSE — IN LOVE AND GRATITUDE THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO MY MOTHER — PREFACE — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X — CHAPTER XI — CHAPTER XII — CHAPTER XIII — CHAPTER XIV — CHAPTER XV — CHAPTER XVI — CHAPTER XVII — CHAPTER XVIII — INDEX — ILLUSTRATIONS — LITERATURE ON THE DANCING MOUSE — CHAPTER I — CHARACTERISTICS, ORIGIN, AND HISTORY
2. 2.CHAPTER II — TABLE I — NUMBER JERKY REACT IN HAIR TEATS MOVE- EARS TO EYES PARENTS LITTER VISIBLE VISIBLE MENTS OPEN SOUND OPEN M F APPEAR
3. 3.CHAPTER III — TABLE 2 — NUMBER 9 A.M 11 A.M. 2 P.M. OF ANIMAL RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT — NUMBER 4 P.M 6 P.M. 8 P.M. OF ANIMAL RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT — TABLE 3 — NUMBER 9 A.M. 11 A.M. 2 P.M. OF ANIMAL RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT LEFT — RIGHT LEFT MIXED WHIRLERS WHIRLERS WHIRLERS — TABLE 4 — AVERAGE NO. AVERAGE NO. MALES AGE OF WHIRLS OF WHIRLS CHARACTERIZATION — FEMALES — CHAPTER IV
4. 4.CHAPTER V — STRUCTURAL PECULIARITIES AND BEHAVIOR — FUNCTION — STRUCTURE
5. 5.CHAPTER VI
6. 6.TABLE 5
7. 7.CHAPTER VII — TABLE 6 — TABLE 7 — TABLE 8 — FEMALES FIRST SERIES SECOND SERIES WHITE BLACK WHITE BLACK — TABLE 9 WHITE-BLACK TESTS
8. 8.TABLE 10 WHITE-BLACK TESTS — TABLE 11 — TABLE 12 — SERIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 — CHAPTER VIII — TABLE 13 — GRAYS NOS. 10 GRAYS NOS. 20 AND 20 AND 15 SERIES DATE DATE NO. 10 NO. 2 NO. 10 NO. 15 (RIGHT) (WRONG) (RIGHT) (WRONG) — TABLE 14
9. 9.CHAPTER IX — TABLE 15 — MOUSE A MOUSE B SERIES DATE 1904 RIGHT WRONG RIGHT WRONG (ORANGE) (BLUE) (ORANGE) (BLUE) — TABLE 17
10. 10.TABLE 18 — TABLE 20
11. 11.CHAPTER X — TABLE 22 — TABLE 23 — TABLE 24 — NO. 151 NO. 152 SERIES DATE CONDITIONS RIGHT WRONG RIGHT WRONG (GREEN) (RED) (GREEN) (RED) — TABLE 24—CONTINUED — TABLE 25 — TABLE 26 — TABLE 26—CONTINUED — NO. 2 NO. 5 — TABLE 27 BLUE-GREEN TESTS — TABLE 27—CONTINUED — TABLE 28 BLUE-RED TESTS — TABLE 29
12. 12.CHAPTER XI — TABLE 30 — TABLE 31 — NO. 7 NO. 998 — TABLE 32 — TABLE 33 — TABLE 34 — II. IV. TRAINING TESTS SMOKED I. NO OF TESTS BEFORE III. PAPER ON MALES PRELIMINARY CORRECT LABYRINTH FLOOR TEST. _____________________ MOVED. NO OF TIMES ERRORS FIRST TIME FIVE TIMES ERRORS BEFORE COR- RECT TWICE — V. DARKNESS VI. MALES LABYRINTH VII. ERRORS IN NO. OF TESTS WASHED. DARKNESS. FIRST TEST BEFORE COR'CT ERRORS ERRORS
13. 13.CHAPTER XII — TABLE 35
14. 14.CHAPTER XIII — TABLE 36 — TABLE 37 — TABLE 38 — MALES FEMALES — TABLE 39 — MALES FEMALES — TABLE 40 — MALES FEMALES
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV — TABLE 41
16. 16.CHAPTER XV — THE EFFICIENCY OF TRAINING METHODS — TABLE 42
17. 17.TABLE 43
18. 18.TABLE 44 — TABLE 45 — TABLE 46 — METHOD INDEX OF MODIFIABILITY (EFFICIENCY) — TABLE 47
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI — TABLE 48
20. 20.TABLE 49 — A 6 5 6 6 6 5.8 5 4 5 4 3 4.2 B 6 8 8 5 1 5.6 8 4 5 4 6 5.4 — TABLE 50 — INDICES OF MODIFIABILITY — TABLE 51 — LABYRINTH C LABYRINTH B LABYRINTH D
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — INDIVIDUAL, AGE, AND SEX DIFFERENCES IN BEHAVIOR — TABLE 52 — SERIES MALES FEMALES
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — RIGHT WHIRLERS LEFT WHIRLERS MIXED WHIRLERS TOTAL — INDIVIDUALS OF THE 200 LINE — INDIVIDUALS OF THE 200 LINE
23. 23.INDIVIDUALS OF THE 400 LINE — THE INHERITANCE OF INDIVIDUALLY ACQUIRED FORMS OF BEHAVIOR — TABLE 53 — MALES FEMALES — INDEX

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