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Yerkes Observatory, 1892-1950: The Birth, near Death, and Resurrection of a Scientific Research Institution

Book by Donald E. Osterbrock; University of Chicago Press, 1997

Subjects:

Yerkes Observatory--History

Collections: Entire Library

Drawing on his experience as historian of astronomy, practicing astrophysicist, and director of Lick Observatory, Donald Osterbrock uncovers a chapter in the history of astronomy by providing the story of the Yerkes Observatory."An excellent description of the ups and downs of a major ...
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Drawing on his experience as historian of astronomy, practicing astrophysicist, and director of Lick Observatory, Donald Osterbrock uncovers a chapter in the history of astronomy by providing the story of the Yerkes Observatory."An excellent description of the ups and downs of a major observatory."—Jack Meadows, Nature"Historians are much indebted to Osterbrock for this new contribution to the fascinating story of twentieth-century American astronomy."—Adriaan Blaauw, Journal for the History of Astronomy"An important reference about one of the key American observatories of this century."—Woodruff T. Sullivan III, Physics Today
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Psychological Testing and American Society, 1890-1913

Book by Michael M. Sokal; Rutgers University Press, 1990

Subjects:

Intelligence Tests--United States--History--Congresses, Psychological Tests--United States--History--Congresses

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Frederick L. Wells, Guy M. Whipple, Robert M. Yerkes, Walter V. Bingham, Lewis M. Terman. Robert M. Yerkes Papers Box 134; Folder 2270 . Courtesy...JAMES REED 4. Robert M. Yerkes and the Mental Testing Movement...
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Infant Chimpanzee and Human Child: A Classic 1935 Comparative Study of Ape Emotions and Intellegence

Book by N. N. Ladygina-Kohts, Frans B. M. De Waal, Boris Vekker; Oxford University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Animal Intelligence, Behavioral Assessment Of Children, Child Development--Testing, Chimpanzees--Psychology

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

N.N. Ladygina-Kohts earned her degree in comparative psychology at Moscow University in 1917, then became the first curator of the Darwin Museum in Moscow. Her pioneering work with the chimpanzee, Joni, was reported throughout the continent during her lifetime, earning her a series of honors in the ...
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N.N. Ladygina-Kohts earned her degree in comparative psychology at Moscow University in 1917, then became the first curator of the Darwin Museum in Moscow. Her pioneering work with the chimpanzee, Joni, was reported throughout the continent during her lifetime, earning her a series of honors in the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, Infant Chimpanzee and Human Child, her diary comparing Joni's development with that of her son, Rudy, had never been translated completely. This volumepresents the first, complete English translation with 120 photographs, an introduction by Allen and Beatrix Gardner of the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Nevada and an Afterword by Lisa A. Parr, Signe Preuschoft, and Frans B. M. de Waal of the Living Links Center.
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The Neuropsychology of Lashley: Selected Papers

Book by Frank A. Beach, Donald O. Hebb, Clifford T. Morgan, Henry W. Nissen; McGraw-Hill, 1960

Subjects:

Neuropsychology

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...of 1955, just before Lashleys retirement as Director of the Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology, four of his former students...Lashleys papers; Mrs. Murray E. Townsend, office manager of the Yerkes Laboratories, for helping in various ways; and Mrs. Jean S...
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Historical Perspectives and the International Status of Comparative Psychology

Book by Ethel Tobach; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1987

Subjects:

Psychology, Comparative--History--20th Century--Congresses, Psychology, Comparative--History--Congresses

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...6. Robert M. Yerkes and the Comparative Method James...organisms Jennings, 1906 as Robert Yerkes suggested in 1905. The reductionist...psychology . New York: Henry Holt Co. Yerkes R. M. 1905 . "Animal psychology and...

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Journal Articles on: Yerkes

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Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis

Journal article by Richard W. Yerkes; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 5, 1999

Collections: Entire Library

Lithics: macroscopic approaches to analysis. by RICHARD W. YERKES ANDREFSKY, WILLIAM JR. Lithics: macroscopic approaches to analysis (Camb. Man. Archaeol.). xxviii, 258 pp., illus., maps...
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Effects of Arousal on Everyday Memory

Journal article by Kenneth A. Deffenbacher; Human Performance, Vol. 7, 1994

Subjects:

Performance--Psychological Aspects, Psychology, Applied

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...as is the universality of predictions from the Yerkes-Dodson law. A brief historical account of how these...validity of a particular empirical generalization, the Yerkes-Dodson law ( Yerkes Dodson , 1908), has been tested. This law...
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Benevolence in the Teaching of Psychology: Do Students' Responses Justify Current Text Presentations?

Journal article by Janis Briga, Anthony Dalessio; Journal of Experimental Education, Vol. 55, 1986

Subjects:

Education, Education--Experimental Methods

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...materials were constructed using two topics: the Yerkes-Dodson Law ( Yerkes Dodson, 1908) and the "Executive Monkey...psychology instructors (N = 10) rated the three Yerkes-Dodson presentations and the three "Executive Monkey...
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Disaster Dynamics: Understanding the Role of Quantity in Organizational Collapse

Journal article by Jenny W. Rudolph, Nelson P. Repenning; Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 47, 2002

Subjects:

Accidents--Management, Disasters--Prevention, Organization--Technique

Collections: Entire Library

...elaboration and revision. During this step, the Yerkes-Dodson Law, which posits an inverted U-shaped...studies of stress and performance (e.g., Yerkes and Dodson, 1908; Miller, 1978), stress...Interruptions and Performance via the Yerkes-Dodson Law To capture the linkage between...
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Effects of an Oral Contraceptive on Sexual Behavior of Chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes)

Journal article by Ronald D. Nadler, Jeremy F. Dahl, Kenneth G. Gould, Delwood C. Collins; Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 22, 1993

Subjects:

Chimpanzees--Sexual behavior, Menstrual cycle--Research, Oral contraceptives--Research

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...influenced by psychological and social variables (Yerkes and Elder, 1936; Yerkes, 1939; Young and Orbison, 1944; Lemmon, 1971; Wallis...influences the females attractiveness to the male (Yerkes and Elder, 1936; Yerkes, 1939; Tutin and McGinnis...

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Magazine Articles on: Yerkes

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Beyond a Doubt

Magazine article by James Yerkes; The Christian Century, Vol. 119, October 9, 2002

Subjects:

Seek My Face: A Novel (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Beyond a doubt by James Yerkes Seek My Face: A Novel. By John Updike. Knopf, 274 pp., $23...radiance, and thus, oddly enough, as a seeking of Gods face. James Yerkes, who is professor emeritus of religion and philosophy at Moravian...
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It Takes a Village

Magazine article by James Yerkes; The Christian Century, Vol. 121, December 28, 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Villages (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

It Takes a Village. by James Yerkes Villages. By John Updike. Knopf, 336 pp., $25.00 WHEN...outside the world from which to move the world." Reviewed by James Yerkes, a retired professor of religion and philosophy who lives in Surry...
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Saying the Unsayable

Magazine article by James Yerkes; The Christian Century, Vol. 120, December 13, 2003

Subjects:

American writers--Criticism and interpretation, American writers--Works, Authors, American, Authors, American--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, American--Works, Updike, John--Criticism and interpretation, Updike, John--Works

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Saying the Unsayable. by James Yerkes EXPLORING THE extraordinary ordinary dimensions of our...are exquisitely wonderful places to visit. Reviewed by James Yerkes, who lives in Surry, Maine. He is the editor of John Updike and...
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Down the Tube: Stephen Halliday Investigates the Murky World of Financing London's Underground

Magazine article by Stephen Halliday; History Today, Vol. 51, December 2001

Subjects:

London, England--Transportation, Subways--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...character appeared on the scene in the form of Charles Tyson Yerkes. Yerkes was born in Philadelphia to a Quaker family, though...under their own management. One meeting, protesting at Yerkes attempts to bribe the legislators to reverse this decision...
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Relatively Speaking

Magazine article by Julie Cohen; Geographical, Vol. 73, May 2001

Subjects:

Animals--Psychology and mental health, Chantek Foundation--Management, Dolphins--Behavior, Orangutan--Behavior, Sea lions--Behavior

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...its importance at that time. In 1978, Yerkes Regional Primate Centre, a biomedical...says. For three months Dr Miles visited Yerkes every few days to observe Chantek and...The dean decided to send Chantek back to Yerkes where he was born." "It was very unfortunate...

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Newspaper Articles on: Yerkes

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Sell Employees on Change, as If They're Customers

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 25, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...as If Theyre Customers. Byline: Jim Pawlak "They Just Dont Get It! -Changing Resistance to Understanding" by Leslie Yerkes and Randy Martin, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, $19.95. The irony of the title: Its management that doesnt "get it." The reason...
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When Germs Are the Deadly Deliverers

Newspaper article by Arnold Beichman; The Washington Times, December 17, 1997

Subjects:

Hussein, Saddam, Iraq

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...neighbors if not the world, listen to the dreadful story of the death of Elizabeth R. Griffin, the 22-year-old researcher at the Yerkes Regional Primate Center, a branch of Emory Universitys medical school in Atlanta. Death came to Miss Griffin Dec. 10 after...
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Prep Scoreboard

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 26, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Smith 10, Alligood 9, Dieckhoff 2, Yerkes, Covell, Brown 2, Vasquez, Rosales, Holderby...Sohappy 12, Christensen 10, Campbell 6, Yerkes 6, Schenfeld 6, Savcedo, Hertzberg, McClellan...Sohappy 12, Christenson 10, Schenfeld 6, Yerkes 6, Terry 2, Campbell 2. Mapleton...
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Hone Your Golf Swing and Soothe Your Spirit in Lake Geneva

Newspaper article by Susan Stevens; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 11, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...558-5911 or visit www.cruiselakegeneva.com. Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wis., houses...Owned by the University of Chicago, Yerkes Observatory is open to public tours at...programs, (262) 245-5555, astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes. - Susan Stevens
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Center for the Arts on Longboat Key Has Been a Part of the Community's Growth

Newspaper article; Sarasota Herald Tribune, May 2, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the brainchild of village pioneer Grace Yerkes, who conceived the idea in February 1952...organization. Three generous families -- the Yerkeses, Fergusons and Whitneys -- donated the...PHOTO Three generous families -- the Yerkeses, Fergusons and Whitneys -- donated the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: Yerkes

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Yerkes Observatory

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

YERKES OBSERVATORY astronomical observatory located in Williams Bay, Wis., on the shore of Lake Geneva. It was founded in 1892 with funds provided by Charles T. Yerkes and its first director was George E. Hale . The observatory is administered by the Univ. of Chicago. The principal instrument...
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Yerkes, Charles Tyson

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

YERKES, CHARLES TYSON yur kez, k s, 1837 1905, American financier, b. Philadelphia. He began...participate in the development of the underground railway system of that city. In 1892, Yerkes furnished the Univ. of Chicago with the funds for the Yerkes Observatory, established (1897) at Williams Bay, Wis., near the Wisconsin-Illinois line...
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Yerkes, Robert Mearns

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

YERKES, ROBERT MEARNS yur kez, 1876 1956, American psychologist...directed the Yale Laboratories of Primate Biology (renamed the Yerkes Laboratories of Primate Biology in 1942) at Orange Park...Gorilla (2 parts, 1926 27), The Great Apes (with Ada Yerkes, 1929), and Chimpanzees (1943...
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Hubble, Edwin Powell

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

HUBBLE, EDWIN POWELL 1889 1953, American astronomer, b. Marshfield, Mo. He did research (1914 17) at Yerkes Observatory, and joined (1919) the staff of Mt. Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, Calif., of which he became director. Building on...
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Hale, George Ellery

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...astronomer, b. Chicago, grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1890. He founded and directed three great observatories (Yerkes, Mt. Wilson, and Palomar), each in its time the greatest in the world, and was active in organizing interdisciplinary scientific...

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