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ERIC Number: EJ452193
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6283
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What Comparative Psychology Is About.
Dewsbury, Donald A.
Teaching of Psychology, v19 n1 p4-11 Feb 1992
Urges the inclusion of comparative psychology in the undergraduate curriculum. Defines zoological or comparative psychology as a field that explores the behavior patterns and minds of many animal species and the genesis, control, and consequences of a range of behavioral patterns. Traces the history and development of the discipline. Discusses evolution, development, control, and consequences of behavior. (DK)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Animals, Behavior Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Enrichment, Development, Educational History, Experimental Psychology, Higher Education, Intuition, Science History, Spontaneous Behavior, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Historical Materials
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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