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NATURE STUDY REVIEW 



[9:6— Sept., 1913 



4th. 



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It will be noticed from figure I that sounds (chiefly songs) 

 appeal more to the girls than to the boys and that the contrast 

 between them increases with age. Again, in comparing the sexes 

 it was found that the breeding habits, modes of locomotion and 

 habitat appealed more to the boys in every grade and that in 

 general the activities of the animals appeared slightly more to the 

 boys. In comparing ages, tables i and 2 show that color and size 

 impress the lower grades more than they do the higher grades. 



From figure II it will 

 be noted that in the 

 three upper grades 

 the activities of ani- 

 mals appeal much 

 more strongly to the 

 children than does 

 the mere appearance, 

 and thp.t in the low- 

 est grade it is still an 

 important factor. 

 The more prominent 

 activities mentioned 

 referred to the feed- 

 ing habits, modes of 

 locomotion, habitat 

 and sounds made. 



In the lower grades 

 there was a marked 

 correlation of ideas, 

 of size with color and 

 of locomotion with 

 habitat. Taken in connection with the fact that these were the 

 characteristics which appealed most strongly to these grades, it 

 is quite likely that this represents the limit of the children's 

 knowledge : they simply told about all they knew concerning the 

 animals, which was simimed up in these two features. In the 

 higher grades there was very little of this correlation. 



Second Set of Questions. 



1. Which animals do you like best ? Tell why. 



2. Are there any animals living in Passaic which you dislike? 

 What are they? Why do you dislike them? 



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Fig. II. Showing how appearances and activ- 

 ities appealed to the children. 

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