Animal Behaviour

Any discussion of animal behaviour must deal largely with what is termed the conative aspect of consciousness. “The states designated by such words as _craving_, _longing_, _yea...

Such an animal as a newly hatched bird or an insect just set free from the chrysalis is a going concern, a living creature. It is the bearer of wonderfully complex automatic mac...

At the outset of our inquiry, we used the word “behaviour” in a wide and comprehensive sense. Thus broadly used, I said, the term in all cases indicates and draws attention to t...

The characteristic feature of social behaviour is that it is in large degree determined by the behaviour of other members of the social community. In all animals which mate ther...

There are probably few subjects which have afforded more material for wonder and pious admiration than the instinctive endowments of animals. “I look upon instinct,” wrote Addis...

We commonly use the word “behaviour” with a wide range of meaning. We speak of the behaviour of troops in the field, of the prisoner at the bar, of a dandy in the ball-room. But...

It is possible that all organic behaviour is accompanied by consciousness. But there is no direct means of ascertaining whether it is so or not. This is, and must remain, a matt...

I. DEFINITION OF INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOUR 63 II. INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOUR IN INSECTS 71 III. THE INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF YOUNG BIRDS 84 IV. THE CONSCIOUS ASPECT OF INSTINCTIVE BEHAVI...

I. THE NATURE OF INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOUR 117 II. INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOUR IN INSECTS 123 III. SOME RESULTS OF EXPERIMENT 134 IV. THE EVOLUTION OF INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOUR 155 V. THE INF...

I. BEHAVIOUR IN GENERAL 1 II. BEHAVIOUR OF CELLS 3 III. CORPORATE BEHAVIOUR 14 IV. THE BEHAVIOUR OF PLANTS 24 V. REFLEX ACTION 31 VI. THE EVOLUTION OF ORGANIC BEHAVIOUR 35

I. THE CONSCIOUS ACCOMPANIMENTS OF CERTAIN ORGANIC CHANGES 42 II. THE EARLY STAGES OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT 48 III. LATER PHASES IN MENTAL DEVELOPMENT 56 IV. THE EVOLUTION OF CONSC...