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ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY [5 records]

Record 1 2019-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Federal Administration
Universal entry(ies)
SH
occupation code, see observation, Canada
OBS

The Health Services Group comprises positions that are primarily involved in the application of a comprehensive knowledge of professional specialties in the fields of dentistry, medicine, nursing, nutrition and dietetics, occupational and physical therapy, pharmacy, psychology and social work to the safety and physical and mental well-being of people; and, in the field of veterinary medicine, to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases and the determination of the human safety of veterinary drugs.

OBS

The Dentistry, Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing, Occupational and Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, Psychology, Social Work, and Veterinary Medicine Groups have been integrated with this occupational group, in conformity with the occupational group definitions published in the Canada Gazette on March 27, 1999.

OBS

SH: Government of Canada occupational group code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Administration fédérale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
SH
occupation code, see observation, Canada
OBS

Les groupes Art dentaire, Médecine, Nutrition et diététique, Sciences infirmières, Ergothérapie et physiothérapie, Pharmacie, Psychologie, Bien-être social, et Médecine vétérinaire ont été intégrés dans ce groupe professionnel, conformément aux définitions des groupes professionnels publiées dans la Gazette du Canada le 27 mars 1999.

OBS

SH : code de groupe professionnel du gouvernement du Canada. 

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

The branch of psychology concerned with the systematic study of animal behavior, particularly from a comparative point of view.

Key term(s)
  • zoo-psychology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
DEF

Secteur de la psychologie scientifique dont l'objet est l'étude des comportements des animaux.

Key term(s)
  • zoo-psychologie

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cattle Raising
  • Slaughterhouses
CONT

Many factors are responsible for the loss of weight or "shrink" of calves, feeder and slaughter cattle during marketing. As shrinkage increases, the potential for improving net returns from calves, feeders and fed cattle decreases. Shrinkage directly affects the income of all cattle producers. Shrinkage can be reduced through better handling techniques, attention to environment and diet, market planning and an appreciation of animal psychology. This module discusses how shrinkage effects net return and how producers can reduce losses from shrinkage.

OBS

Livestock which is sold to meat processing plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des bovins
  • Abattoirs

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado bovino
  • Mataderos
CONT

Las categorías de ganado de sacrificio están conformadas principalmente por novillos gordos y vacas de descarte.

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Record 4 2002-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

An alternative to introspection and Watsonian behaviorism was Gestalt psychology in which thought was seen as an organizational process by which a problem was reorganized or solved. Solfgang Köehler's use of the "Unweg" or detour problem is an example. In it, an animal or child must secure a desirable object by taking an indirect route, the direct route having been blocked.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

the branch of psychology that compares the minds or behavior of different animal species, or of different races or peoples of man, or of different stages of the individual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Discipline psychologique qui s'intéresse aux étapes du développement de l'enfant, aux variations individuelles, aux différences entre les groupes humains selon les races (...); ce terme s'applique aussi aux comparaisons entre espèces et à la psychologie animale.

Spanish

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