WordNet
n. the branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animals [syn: comparative psychology]
Usage examples of "animal psychology".
The time had come to use his brain, his understanding of animal psychology, his knowledge of Lures and Snares.
That evening and for the next few days I immersed myself in psychology texts: clinical, personality, psycho-metrics, learning, experimental psychology, animal psychology, physiological psychology, behaviorist, gestalt, analytical, functional, dynamic, organismic, and all the rest of the ancient and modern factions, schools, and systems of thought.
We got another dog who remains with us today, and we are far more conscious of animal psychology than we were.
As a student of animal psychology in general, he'd known a few kzinti well enough to admire the way they learned.