Robert Mearns Yerkes was an American psychologist best known for his pioneering work in intelligence testing and comparative psychology, studying both human and primate intelligence and the social behavior of gorillas and chimpanzees. With John D. Dodson he developed the Yerkes-Dodson law relating arousal to performance. He also promoted eugenics beginning in the 1910s and 1920s, work modern scholars regard as biased toward outdated racialist theories.
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BirthplaceBreadysville, Pennsylvania, near Ivyland, Pennsylvania 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionPioneer in the study of human and primate intelligence and of the social behavior of gorillas and chimpanzees; with John D. Dodson, developed the Yerkes-Dodson law relating arousal to performance. 1 Notable Work Connections
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Along with John D. Dodson, Yerkes developed the Yerkes-Dodson law relating arousal to performance.
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Robert Yerkes was born in Breadysville, Pennsylvania (near Ivyland, Pennsylvania).
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Robert Mearns Yerkes (; May 26, 1876, February 3, 1956) was an American psychologist, ethologist, eugenicist and primatologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology.
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