This is as true of the hyæna and rhinoceros as it is of the dog or man; the difference of educability is enormous, but the fact of protection and educabilityin the young stage is undeniable.
It is in relation to this second and higher order of educability that the cerebrum of man shows so large an increase of mass and a yet larger increase of effective surface through its rich convolutions.
The fact that educability itself has innate tendencies--is in fact a partially differentiated educability--renders the unravelling of the factors of mental progress all the more difficult.
This educability remains on the average what it was a dozen generations ago; but the thought-woven tapestry of his surroundings is refashioned and improved by each succeeding generation.
We shall more clearly realise that educability itself is a product of natural selection, though the specific results acquired through cerebral modifications are not transmitted through heredity.
But this educability of the higher mammals and birds is after all quite limited.
These problem tests, simple as they are, have revealed two important facts concerning the educability of the dancer.
Clearly, then, methods of training should be chosen on the basis of a knowledge of the characteristics of the animal whoseeducability is to be investigated.
Evidently we are prone to underestimate the educability of our animal subjects.
In the case of most mammals whose educability has been studied experimentally, problem methods have proved to be excellent tests of docility and initiative.
The educability of the child is, to begin with, limited by his individuality.
This educability of the young has rarely if ever been questioned in actual practice.
We give the account of this remarkable instance of educability as it appears in a French newspaper.
The following interesting remarks are extracted from Chambers:-- The educability of the dog's perceptive faculties has been exemplified in a remarkable manner by his acquired knowledge of musical sounds.
