Animal Use in Experimental Psychology

CELIA M. LOMBARDI

Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships

Greenwood Press

Lugar: Westport CT; Año: 2006;

Animal Use in Experimental Psychology   The relationship between humans and animals as described within Experimental Psychology is closely tied to the development of psychology as a scientific discipline. Studies using animals have been of two main kinds: experimental physiological work that oriented toward illumination of human psychological phenomena, and research focused on the animals themselves. The latter is known as animal psychology or comparative psychology. A brief overview of its history seems appropriate.