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... behavior could be elicited . The cricket could be made to rub its legs , sing , walk , or jump . Jumping was the least successful response , and the ultimate explanation shows how sympathetic one must be with his experimental animal ...
... behavior could be elicited . The cricket could be made to rub its legs , sing , walk , or jump . Jumping was the least successful response , and the ultimate explanation shows how sympathetic one must be with his experimental animal ...
Page 87
... behavior is inevitably constructed from elements of individual behavior , it is possible that some simple built - in dance , a primitive searching behavior , was the evolutionary forerunner of the honeybee's Waggle Dance . Perhaps if we ...
... behavior is inevitably constructed from elements of individual behavior , it is possible that some simple built - in dance , a primitive searching behavior , was the evolutionary forerunner of the honeybee's Waggle Dance . Perhaps if we ...
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... behavior built into them . It is interesting that their achievements among the invertebrate animals parallel those of man among the vertebrates . Yet they have special- ized in the direction of built - in stereotyped behavior while man ...
... behavior built into them . It is interesting that their achievements among the invertebrate animals parallel those of man among the vertebrates . Yet they have special- ized in the direction of built - in stereotyped behavior while man ...
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