Utility
What animals are used to model in research.
What are
Brain processes
Behavior
Psychological disorders?
Researchers only focus on data they observe from animals that supports their hypothesis
What is Confirmation bias in animal research?
Animal research is for the greater good, but if it can be done another way it should be.
What is the utilitarian argument for animal research?
well-nurtured pups
Who displayed calmer behaviour?
Who didn't induce a stress response?
The amount of DNA shared between humans + mice.
97.5%
When they interpret the behaviour of the animals how they expect them to behave.
What is observer bias in animal research?
Governing bodies use ethical guidelines systems based on the 3 Rs
What is the EU, Canada, and the UK's importance in animal research?
Genes that are specifically activated/suppressed
What are stress regulation genes?
It was a confounding variable that the researchers didn't control.
Why was the gender of the experimenter a limitation?
Deliberate removal of brain tissue
What is ablation?
It induces researcher bias, and allows for incorrect interpretations of observation
Why is anthropomorphism a bias?
Bateson's Cube's measurements
What is...
Degree of suffering by an animal
Quality of proposed study
Medical benefits?
Manipulated the upbringing and put the pups in stressful environments
Why is ethics questioned in this experiment?
We don't know why the response was induced in the experiment.
Why is the limitation ambiguous?
What animal research assumes in both humans and animals.
What is the meaning of
Shared evolution
Similar biology
Similar brain function
Similar neurotransmitters?
We can't be sure if the behaviours we're measuring apply to the animals like they do humans
Why is construct validity an issue in animal research
This model requires you to understand the system before building it, making it somewhat effective.
What is a computer model in animal research?
Limitations of complexity of behaviour
What is...
Culture
Life Experience
Natural human upbringing?
Pain sensitivity in the pups
What did the stress response reduce?
The short lifespan and rapid breeding of rats
How are rats important to generational studies/research?
Animal research can't directly be applied to human physiology, brain chemistry, and interactions.
What is ecological validity in animal research?
This method weighs the pros and cons of a decision to decide if it's worth committing to researching
What is cost-benefit analysis?
Both groups showed different epigenetic modifications
What was the difference between nurtured vs. non-nurtured pups?
The limitation is based on the lab set-up, so the limitation may not be applicable/replicable elsewhere.
Why is this study context-specific?
What is internal validity in this study?