comparative psychology

noun

1. a branch of psychology involving the study and comparison of the behaviors of diverse animal species, often under controlled laboratory experiments, in order to discover general principles of behavior.

comparative psychology

noun

1. the study of the similarities and differences in the behaviour of different species

Word History and Origins

Origin of comparative psychology¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Comparative psychology comes next in importance to embryology as a means of studying the ancestral history of the soul.

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Animal psychology, race psychology, comparative psychology are not within the realm of our practical needs in hospital life.

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So much, indeed, is this the case, that Comparative Psychology has been virtually excluded from the hierarchy of the sciences.

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Children do not merely have veins of cruelty; they have, as comparative psychology knows, the blood and impulses of primitive man.

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Another group of researches which predominates in our laboratory is that on comparative psychology.

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