The Journal of Animal Behavior and the early history of animal behavior studies in America

Richard W. Burkhardt

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Abstract

The first American scientific journal devoted specifically to the study of animal behavior was the Journal of Animal Behavior, founded by Robert M. Yerkes in 1911. An examination of Yerkes's efforts to establish such a journal underscores the precariousness of animal behavior studies (and journal publications) in this period. The analysis of the different kinds of articles published by psychologists and zoologists in the Journal of Animal Behavior shows furthermore that already by the second decade of the twentieth century psychologists and zoologists were pursuing quite distinct programs of research in terms of their choices of animal subjects, topics of investigation, and research methodologies. The relation of the Journal of Animal Behavior to its successor, the Journal of Comparative Psychology, is discussed.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)223-230
JournalJournal of Comparative Psychology
Volume101
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

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