Word: belling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Very typical are these lines. Miss Bell was loyal to a fault toward those she trusted, womanly, and at times highly emotional. She came upon the scene in Irak after the tumult and the shooting had begun to wane; but the present prevailing peace in King Faisal's realm is very largely founded on her broad conciliatory liaison work. Dozens of the letters are pure feminine chatter, but it is never idle chatter...
...LETTERS OF GERTRUDE BELL OF ARABIA (2 vols.)-Edited by Lady Bell-Boni & Liveright...
...cinema showed dogs which dripped saliva at the sound of a bell, monkeys which marathoned to the food box at the sight of a red card, children who opened hungry mouths when their wrists were pressed. These are examples of conditioned reflexes and upon this conditioning is based the difference between the lower and the higher animals, including...
...unconditioned reflex is the simplest nervous reaction. A dog will smell food and turn in its direction. Nature believes in preparedness and the dog will secrete saliva as he goes for the food. Only the lower parts of the brain are concerned in this reaction. But, if a bell is rung every time the food appears, there will come a time when the dog will secrete saliva at the sound of the bell when there is no food in sight...
...simple reflex has been conditioned by the bell; the dog has associated the food with the sound; the power house of the upper brain has gone into action, and the intelligent animal now reacts to an idea. This is the learning mechanism in its elementary form. If the upper brain is now removed, the learned reaction will be lost...