EXERCISES (6)

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1. Outline the chapter.
2. Explain the differences between these three;

Action governed by instinct.
Action governed by habit.
Action governed by deliberation.

3. What is the objection to each of the following expressions?

(a) "The ex-soldier instinctively saluted when he met an officer in the street."
(b) "The bee knows by instinct how to construct the honeycomb."

4. Why is it so difficult to find a valid distinction between instinct and reflex action?
5. Why are instincts more universal and uniform than habits?
6. How is instinct an important matter to consider in a study of human motives?
7. Show how the behavior of a hungry child of six or eight years fits the picture of a "loosely organized instinct".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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