Psychiatry and Psychology

Comparative Psychology

The branch of psychology concerned with similarities or differences in the behavior of different animal species or of different races or peoples.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The branch of psychology concerned with similarities or differences in the behavior of different animal species or of different races or peoples.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Psychology, Comparative
  • Comparative Psychologies
  • Psychologies, Comparative

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

specialty;used also as NIM coordinate; do not check COMPARATIVE STUDY as a field, it is not a substitute for a comparison of two or more psychological concepts ( = COMPARATIVE STUDY)

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  1. F04.096w.628w.629w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Comparative Psychology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011587. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011587
  2. Comparative Psychology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_psychology
  3. Comparative Psychology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1483503