CONTENTS
C. Lloyd Morgan
CHAPTER I
ORGANIC BEHAVIOUR
PAGE
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.
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