comparative psychology

American  

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.

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comparative psychology British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of comparative psychology

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

This, the squishy and contentious realm of comparative psychology and cognitive ethology, asks such questions as: Do dogs experience jealousy?

From Washington Post

In terms of comparative psychology and animal welfare science, you know, we all are aiming at understanding capacities and experiences of individual animals.

From The Verge

The jays were veterans of comparative psychology research and learned swiftly that they’d get the worm if they guessed correctly which hand it was in.

From New York Times

Several research fields chart the behaviour of non-human animals, including comparative psychology, ethology, behavioural ecology, evolutionary biology and conservation science.

From Nature

The findings, from UK and US researchers in anatomy and comparative psychology, show that the facial change has developed over thousands of years of dogs living alongside humans.

From BBC