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

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comparative psychology

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

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022

Still, one cannot study behavioral biology without touching on both comparative psychology and ethology.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Animal behavior has been studied for decades, by biologists in the science of ethology, by psychologists in the science of comparative psychology, and by scientists of many disciplines in the study of neurobiology.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

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 ● Jul. 8, 2021

A certain amount of material is to be found in a number of books on zoology, and also in a few quite recent works on comparative psychology.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Eden Paul