Comparative Psychology - Topics of Study

Topics of Study

  • Individual behavior
    • General descriptions
    • Orientation (interaction with environment)
    • Locomotion
    • Ingestive behavior
    • Hoarding
    • Nest building
    • Exploration
    • Play
    • Tonic immobility (playing dead)
    • Other miscellaneous behaviors (personal grooming, hibernation, etc.)
  • Reproductive behavior
    • General descriptions
    • Developmental psychology
    • Control (nervous system and endocrine system)
    • Imprinting
    • Evolution of sexual characteristics/behaviors
  • Social behavior
    • Imitation
    • Behavior genetics
    • Instincts
    • Sensory-perceptual processes
    • Neural and endocrine correlates of behavior
    • Motivation
    • Evolution
    • Learning
    • Qualitative and functional comparisons
    • Consciousness and mind

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