C. Lloyd Morgan Professions : Psychologist Born : February 6, 1852 Died : March 6, 1936 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by C. Lloyd Morgan The primary aim, object, and purpose of consciousness is control. Consciousness in a mere automaton is a useless and unnecessary epiphenomenon. C. Lloyd Morgan consciousness useless purpose In no case may we interpret an action [of an animal] as the outcome of the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it can be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale. C. Lloyd Morgan psychology exercise animal Similar Authors Bruno Bettelheim psychologist Boris Sidis psychologist Anthony Greenwald psychologist Arnold Gesell psychologist Arno Gruen psychologist Anna Freud psychologist All Authors