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Robert Yerkes

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Gender Male
Death68 years ago
Date of birth May 26,1876
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Northampton Township
Pennsylvania
United States
Date of died February 3,1956
DiedNew Haven
Connecticut
United States
NationalityAmerican
ChildrenRoberta Yerkes Blanshard
David Norton Yerkes
Job Psychologist
Education Harvard University
Ursinus College
Current partner Ada Watterson Yerkes
Academic advisor Hugo Münsterberg
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Robert Yerkes Life story


Robert Mearns Yerkes was an American psychologist, ethologist, eugenicist and primatologist best known for his work in intelligence testing and in the field of comparative psychology. Yerkes was a pioneer in the study both of human and primate intelligence and of the social behavior of gorillas and chimpanzees.

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