the study of the similarities and differences in the behaviour of different species
comparative psychology in American English
noun
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
Word origin
[1940–45]This word is first recorded in the period 1940–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: redline, silkscreen, snorkel, update, zap
Examples of 'comparative psychology' in a sentence
comparative psychology
Recent research on the evolution of language has benefited from contributions from disciplines as diverse as linguistics, comparative psychology and computational biology.