Clever Hans (The Horse of Mr. Von Osten)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Psychology, Animals

Authors: Oskar Pfungst In Year : 1911

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Clever Hans (The Horse of Mr. Von Osten)

Prefatory Note and Introduction
The Problem of Animal Consciousness and ''Clever Hans''
Experiments and Observations - Part 1
Experiments and Observations - Part 2
The Author's Introspections
Laboratory Tests
Explanation of the Observations - Part 1
Explanation of the Observations - Part 2
Explanation of the Observations - Part 3
Genesis of the Reaction of the Horse
Conclusion
Supplements

Oskar Pfungst book is a detailed piece of investigative journalism looking into Clever Hans, an Orlov Trotter horse that was claimed to have performed arithmetic and other intellectual tasks. Pfungst details the results of many experiments, by the end of which he is able to explain exactly how Hans did it. This classic example of the observer-expectancy effect is still relevant today, as the "Clever Hans effect" has to be taken into account whenever a study of animal intelligence takes place. - Summary by Jordan