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Yerkes meaning

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Synonyms of Yerkes

robert m. yerkes robert mearns yerkes psychologist

Related words

Other words often associated with Yerkes or its synonyms:

scientist

Using Yerkes

  • The main meaning on this page is: A surname. | An unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. | An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  • Useful related words include: robert m. yerkes, robert mearns yerkes, psychologist.
  • In the example corpus, yerkes often appears in combinations such as: robert yerkes, yerkes was, yerkes and.

Context around Yerkes

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

robert 3× silas 1× causing 1× controversial 1× 1881 1× debts 1× 1907 1× pioneer 1× skill 1× mearns 1×

Often after:

quaker 1× told 1× agreed 1× pushed 1× administered 1× began 1× traveled 1× incurred 1× published 1× established 1×

Sentence patterns with Yerkes

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

around causing yerkes to once 1× at the yerkes national primate 1× business skill yerkes gained a 1× by robert yerkes administered mental 1× career robert yerkes was born 1× checked on yerkes 1× hits but yerkes pushed vucinich 1× if yerkes could have 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after having separated 1× american psychology gained 1× as time went 1× because the subject 1× chicago in 1881 1× education and early 1×

Common sentence endings:

1910s and 1920s 1× 8 million gis 1× and social world 1× any elevated railroads 1× biological among primates 1× checked on yerkes 1×

Words around Yerkes

Just before it in the word index:

yerington 5 yering 4 yerima 15 yergler 2 yergin 4 yergeau 5

Just after it in the word index:

yerkir 3 yerkrapah 2 yerlikaya 7 yermak 28 yermolovich 2 yero 11

Similar in corpus frequency:

actinium 41 adherent 41 adipose 41 adventuring 41 adversities 41 aeon 41

Corpus analysis for Yerkes

  • In this selection, "yerkes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, robert, silas, causing, quaker, told and agreed stand out and add context to how "yerkes" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include around causing yerkes to once and at the yerkes national primate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "yerkes" sits close to words such as actinium, adherent and adipose, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with yerkes

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

See also below, Autobiography of Robert Mearns Yerkes, 1930. (9 words)

In 1907, Yerkes published his first book, The Dancing Mouse. (10 words)

Because the subject matter was controversial, Yerkes and other collectors turned the works down. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

In his settlement with the state, Yerkes agreed to plead guilty to a single reduced count of Murder in the Second Degree, and take a sentence of 60 years in prison, with 15 suspended — for a total of 45 years. (40 words)

In the final round, Vucinich started with a flurry of hits, but Yerkes pushed Vucinich back into the corner, hitting the sophomore with plenty of body and head shots, ultimately resulting in a split decision victory. (36 words)

National Research Council Immediately after World War I, Yerkes worked as a paid officer for the United States National Research Council (NRC) and took the helm of the NRC Committee for Research in Problems of Sex. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

After having separated briefly, Lawler again went right after Yerkes, this time causing the ref to get involved as he checked on Yerkes.

In 1893 Müller-Ury painted from miniatures portraits of Yerkes' Quaker grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Yerkes.

Ms Yerkes told the BBC that Tunisia's leader had "steadily dismantled a decade-worth of democratic progress".

In his settlement with the state, Yerkes agreed to plead guilty to a single reduced count of Murder in the Second Degree, and take a sentence of 60 years in prison, with 15 suspended — for a total of 45 years.

In the final round, Vucinich started with a flurry of hits, but Yerkes pushed Vucinich back into the corner, hitting the sophomore with plenty of body and head shots, ultimately resulting in a split decision victory.

Lawler, however, quickly turned things around, causing Yerkes to once again go on the defensive.

American psychology gained status during World War I, during which a standing committee headed by Robert Yerkes administered mental tests (" Army Alpha " and " Army Beta ") to almost 1.8 million GIs.

As time went on, however, Yerkes began to propagate his support for eugenics in the 1910s and 1920s.

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Because the subject matter was controversial, Yerkes and other collectors turned the works down.

Chicago In 1881 Yerkes traveled to Fargo in the Dakota Territory in order to obtain a divorce from his wife of over twenty-two years.

Education and early career Robert Yerkes was born in Breadysville, Pennsylvania (near Ivyland, Pennsylvania ).

His early career was strongly influenced by the debts Yerkes incurred paying for school.

If Yerkes could have gotten his way, Chicago would never have had any elevated railroads.

In 1907, Yerkes published his first book, The Dancing Mouse.

In the U.S., this function began during World War I, when Robert Yerkes established the School of Military Psychology at Fort Oglethorpe in Georgia, to provide psychological training for military staff military.

National Research Council Immediately after World War I, Yerkes worked as a paid officer for the United States National Research Council (NRC) and took the helm of the NRC Committee for Research in Problems of Sex.

Primatology pioneer Yerkes had a long and storied fascination with the study of chimpanzees.

Relying on his bank president father's connections, his political contacts, and his own business skill, Yerkes gained a name for himself in the local financial and social world.

Research at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center has also shown that gender roles may be biological among primates.

See also below, Autobiography of Robert Mearns Yerkes, 1930.

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Common combinations with yerkes

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "yerkes" mean?
Yerkes means: A surname.
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Common synonyms of "yerkes" include: robert m. yerkes, robert mearns yerkes, psychologist.
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