Research work · 2012

Introduction: The Evolution of Comparative Psychology

Nancy K. Innis

International Journal of Comparative Psychology

Abstract

Why do psychologists study the behavior of animals? The usual response to this question, even from many comparative psychologists, is that explaining animal behavior will help us understand human behavior, and understanding human behavior is the ultimate goal of psychology. Has this, in fact, been the aim of animal psychology, and if so, has it succeeded?

DOI: 10.46867/c4k88k