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Name: Robert Mearns Yerkes
Birth Date: May 26, 1876
Death Date: February 3, 1956
Place of Birth: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: psychologist

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Biography of Robert Mearns Yerkes
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Robert Mearns Yerkes (1876-1956), American psychologist, played a leading role in the development of psychology in America by laying the groundwork for important new areas of both research and practice. Robert Yerkes was born in Bucks County, Pa., on...


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1876-1956 American psychologist who is regarded as one of the founders of comparative animal psychology. Yerkes was interested in the great apes as well as psychological testing and the measurement of human mental ability. During World War I, Yerkes...
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1876–1956 AMERICAN COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGIST, RESEARCHER HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Ph.D., 1902 Robert Mearns Yerkes was a leading figure in comparative psychology, a branch of psychology that studies animal behavior and often makes comparisons from...
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Robert Mearns Yerkes, PhD, (May 26 1876(1876-05-26) – February 3 1956 (aged 79)) was a psychologist, ethologist, and primatologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology. Yerkes was a...


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Hurdles Are a Leap For Sprinter Yerkes
04/07/2005: 644 words, approx. 2 pages
"Attack! Attack! Arm drive! Arm drive!" yelled Dana Dobbs as he watched Robin Yerkes round the track toward the finish line last week at Glen Burnie High School. Dobbs, the Broadneck track coach, was shouting directives as Yerkes completed the final yards of the...
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Yerkes Steps Up, Front and Center
04/30/2004: 388 words, approx. 1 pages
Broadneck senior Lauren Centrowitz's 5-foot-9 frame and status as one of the area's best runners has overshadowed teammate Robin Yerkes for two seasons, but it was the Bruins' diminutive sophomore who provided the top all-around performance at the Knight Invite at North County in...


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