Along with John D. Dodson, Yerkes developed the Yerkes–Dodson law relating arousal to performance. As time went on, Yerkes began to propagate his support...
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center was established in 1930 by Robert Yerkes, in Orange Park, Florida, associated then with Yale University. Yerkes was a pioneering primatologist who...
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scroll saw work on the eaves and on the front porch. Yerkes Brothers; Robert bottom row right Robert Yerkes House, 1904 "National Register Information System"...
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The Yerkes–Dodson law is an empirical relationship between arousal and performance, originally developed by psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham...
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Yerkes may refer to: Yerkes (surname), notable people with this surname Yerkes, Kentucky Yerkes, Pennsylvania Yerkes Observatory, an astronomical observatory...
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Other workers such as the American psychologists H. H. Goddard and Robert Yerkes attempted to measure people's intelligence and to show that the resulting...
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upon the U.S.'s entry into World War I. A standing committee headed by Robert Yerkes administered mental tests ("Army Alpha" and "Army Beta") to almost 1...
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The Army Alpha is a group-administered test developed by Robert Yerkes and six others in order to evaluate the many U.S. military recruits during World...
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it was announced that the university would transfer Yerkes Observatory to the non-profit Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF). The transfer of ownership took...
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Yerkes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bob Yerkes (born Brayton Walter Yerkes; born 1932), American stuntman Carroll Yerkes (1903–1950)...
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