CHAPTER XI.

ANIMAL ACTIVITIES: HABIT AND INSTINCT.

The nature of animal activities 415 The outer and inner aspect 417 The inherited organization 419 Habitual activities 420 Instinctive activities 422 Innate capacity 426 Blind prevision 429 Consciousness and instinct 432 Mr. Romanes's treatment of instinct 434 Lapsed intelligence and modern views on heredity 435 Three factors in the origin of instinctive activities 447 The emotional basis of instinct 449 The influence of intelligence on instinct 452 The characteristics of intelligent activities 456 The place of volition 459 Perceptual and conceptual volition 460 Consciousness and consentience 461 Classification of activities 462