CHAPTER XII. Educability: Methods of Learning

EDUCABILITY: METHODS OF LEARNING

The modifiability of behavior--Educational value of experimental studies of modifiability--Methods: the problem method; the labyrinth method; the discrimination method--Relation of method to characteristics of animal-- Simple test of the docility of the dancer--Lack of imitative tendency-- Persistence of useless acts--Manner of profiting by experience--Individual differences in initiative.