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PROF. KÖHLER'S book marks a distinct advance in comparative psychology, for he was able to study his chimpanzees in very favourable conditions of health and housing in Teneriffe. He also realised that these apes are characteristically social creatures and must be studied in companionship with their fellows. A chimpanzee is intellectually and emotionally bewildered if it is kept in solitary confinement. “It is hardly an exaggeration to say that a chimpanzee kept in solitude is not a real chimpanzee at all.” Prof. Köhler's experiments were also marked by their critical carefulness. No emphasis is laid on single incidents; the crucial experiments were repeated many times. Generous descriptions were for the most part rejected.
The Mentality of Apes.
By Prof. Wolfgang Köhler. Translated from the second revised edition by Ella Winter. (International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method.) Pp. viii + 342. (London: Kegan Paul and Co., Ltd.; New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., Inc., 1925.) 16s. net.
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The Mentality of Apes . Nature 116, 351–352 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116351a0
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