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  • The British Psychological Society (BPS)

    Publishes guidelines for research with animals
  • Guidelines for psychologists

    • Conform to current legislation
    • Obey the 3Rs
    • Choose species suited to research purpose
    • Be aware of animals' previous experience
  • 3Rs

    • Replace animal research with suitable alternatives (e.g. brain scanning)
    • Reduce the number of animals used
    • Refine procedures to cause less suffering
  • National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction Animals (NC3Rs)

    Encourages, researches and supports the use of the 3Rs through research and education
  • Knowledge to be gained from any investigation

    Justifies distress to animal participants
  • Research such as Pavlov and Skinner's cannot be generalised to humans
  • Use of behaviourist techniques with humans (e.g. in therapies)

    Has demonstrated the validity of the basic principles of behaviourism
  • Comparative psychology

    The study of non-human animals, often with the intention of making comparisons with humans
  • Comparative psychology research

    • Harlow (1959) - infant rhesus monkeys preferred cloth-covered mother over wire mother with feeding bottle, demonstrating importance of contact comfort
  • Monkeys in Harlow's research developed into emotionally maladjusted adults despite their contact comfort - they couldn't socialise with other monkeys and rejected their own infants
  • Harlow's research

    Had a very important influence on our understanding of infant emotional development
  • Comparative research may be applied to benefit animals' lives too, e.g. Harlow's research can be used to help improve the lives of monkeys in captivity or for breeding programmes for species in danger of extinction
  • The final strength of NHA studies is its important and positive impact on society. The presence of pets has been shown to reduce stress. For example, Allen (2003) reported that the presence of pets reduced blood pressure in children reading aloud, buffered the elderly against life event stresses and reduced cardiovascular risk.