§ I. Instinctive Action in Man. § II. Acquired Instincts. § III. Conna

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By an instinctive action we understand, as remarked above’, something purposive, but involuntary, half impulsive and half reflex. It cannot be doubted that in this sense many human activities come under the category of instinctive action.

§ I. Instinctive Action in Man. § II. Acquired Instincts. § III. Connate Instincts. § IV. Practice, Imitation, and Inheritance. § V. Relation of Animal to Human Instinct.

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