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Animal Cruelty refers to acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals are considered animal cruelty.

Animal magnetism refers to a force that Mesmer and others believed is evenly distributed throughout the bodies of healthy people and unevenly distributed in the bodies of unhealthy p

Animal model In research refers to an animal whose behavior is used to derive principles that may apply to human behavior.

Animal model is a term used in Research that refers to an animal whose Behavior is used to derive principles that may apply

Animal Phobia refers to unreasonable, enduring Fear of animals or insects that usually develops early in life.

Animal spirits refer to the substance Descartes and others Thought was located in the cavities of the brain. When this substance moved via the nerves from the brain to the muscles, th

Animal studies refer to studies that attempt to test theories of psychopathology using animals

Animal type phobias refer to extreme fears of specific animals that may induce immediate and intense panic attacks and cause the individual to go to great lengths to avoid the animals.