CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
ORGANIC BEHAVIOUR
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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]
CHAPTER II
CONSCIOUSNESS
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 Consciousness[61]
CHAPTER III
INSTINCTIVE BEHAVIOUR
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 Behaviour[98]
V.The Evolution of Instinctive Behaviour[106]
CHAPTER IV
INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOUR
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 Influence of Intelligence on Instinct[168]
CHAPTER V
SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
I.Imitation[179]
II.Intercommunication[193]
III.Social Communities of Bees and Ants[205]
IV.Animal Tradition[220]
V.The Evolution of Social Behaviour[225]
CHAPTER VI
THE FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
I.Impulse, Interest, and Emotion[235]
II.Play[248]
III.Courtship[258]
IV.Animal “Æsthetics” and “Ethics”[270]
V.The Evolution of Feeling and Emotion[282]
CHAPTER VII
THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
I.The Physiological Aspect[295]
II.The Biological Aspect[305]
III.The Psychological Aspect[315]
IV.Continuity in Evolution[324]
Index[338]