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  1. comparative psychology, animal psychologynoun

    the branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animals

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  1. comparative psychology

    Comparative psychology is the branch of psychology that involves the study of the behavior and mental processes of non-human animals, often with a focus on making comparisons to human psychology. It seeks to understand the evolutionary, genetic, and adaptive aspects of behavior, using findings to shed light on human behavior in a comparative perspective.

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  1. Comparative psychology

    Comparative psychology refers to the scientific study of the behavior and mental processes of non-human animals, especially as these relate to the phylogenetic history, adaptive significance, and development of behavior. Research in this area addresses many different issues, uses many different methods, and explores the behavior of many different species, from insects to primates. Comparative psychology is sometimes assumed to emphasize cross-species comparisons, including those between humans and animals. However, some researchers feel that direct comparisons should not be the sole focus of comparative psychology and that intense focus on a single organism to understand its behavior is just as desirable; if not more so. Donald Dewsbury reviewed the works of several psychologists and their definitions and concluded that the object of comparative psychology is to establish principles of generality focusing on both proximate and ultimate causation. Using a comparative approach to behavior allows one to evaluate the target behavior from four different, complementary perspectives, developed by Niko Tinbergen. First, one may ask how pervasive the behavior is across species. Second, one may ask how the behavior contributes to the lifetime reproductive success of the individuals demonstrating the behavior? These two questions provide a theory for the ultimate cause of behavior.

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    The numerical value of comparative psychology in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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