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Psychology and national service by Yerkes, R. M

“…Reports the formation of the committee on psychology, by the National Research Council, to deal with the problems associated with war. Its functions was to…”
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Psychology in world reconstruction by Yerkes, R. M

“…Psychology is potentially the most important of sciences for the improvement of man and of his world order. It has three especially promising and important…”
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Plan for a history of psychological services in the war by Yerkes, R. M

“…An outline of the plan of action of the Committee on the History of Psychology and the War is presented. The following topics are discussed: definition of…”
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Early days of comparative psychology by Yerkes, R. M

“…"At the turn of the century, comparative psychology became experimental in America." The pioneer experimental contributions came mainly from Clark, Columbia,…”
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Conjugal contrasts among chimpanzees by Yerkes, R. M

“…The socio-sexual contrasts in the behavior of mates presented in this report suggest that extreme difference in the urge for social superiority is unfavorable…”
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Concerning the anthropocentrism of psychology by Yerkes, R. M

“…Psychology started with the anthropocentric viewpoint, but current interest is rapidly turning from introspective psychology to biology. This raises the…”
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A New Method of Studying the Ideational Behavior of Mentally Defective and Deranged as Compared with Normal Individuals by Yerkes, R. M

“…As regards the range of applicability, to lower animals and to human beings of varying capacities, ages, and conditions of mental health, the multiple choice…”
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Social behavior of chimpanzees: dominance between mates, in relation to sexual status by Yerkes, R. M

“…A measure of relative male-female dominance during successive stages of the sexual cycle was obtained by presenting 10 pieces of food daily to caged pairs of…”
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Nature and conditions of avoidance (fear) response in chimpanzee by Yerkes, R. M, Yerkes, A. W

“…Infant, children, and adult chimpanzees were presented with a shuttlecock, rubber dog, rubber tube, live tortoise, and glass snake while their avoidance…”
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Mother-infant relations in chimpanzee by Yerkes, R. M, Tomilin, M. I

“…Naturalistic observations on the interaction of mother chimpanzees and their infants are reported. The data refer to such behavior as eating the afterbirth,…”
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Concerning memory in the chimpanzee by Yerkes, R. M, Yerkes, D. N

“…With three objectives, namely (1) to observe the character of the delayed response in a controlled complex situation, (2) to determine the temporal limits of…”
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Discussion and report: psychology and national service by Yerkes, R. M

“…Reports the general functions of a committee on psychology, which was organized with the approval of the American Psychological Association. The aim of the…”
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Psychology and National Service by Yerkes, R. M.

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Creating a chimpanzee community. 1963 by Yerkes, R M

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A Second-Generation Captive-Born Chimpanzee by Yerkes, Robert M.

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Multiple Births in Anthropoid Apes by Yerkes, Robert M.

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Walter Bradford Cannon, 1871-1945 by Yerkes, R. M

“…Presents an obituary for Walter Bradford Cannon, who was born in 1871 in Wisconsin and died in 1945 in New Hampshire. As an undergraduate, he inquired into the…”
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Heliotropism of Cypridopsis by Yerkes, R. M.

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Studies of chimpanzee vision by Ladygin-Kohts by Yerkes, R. M, Petrunkevitch, A

“…Using the method of choice from samples, Kohts has demonstrated that the chimpanzee can pick out colors to match samples but is not so clever in matching…”
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The Scope of Science by Yerkes, Robert M.

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