The Use of Animals in Psychological Research and Education: A National Survey of Professional and Student Opinion

9320062 plus动物研究在心理学中起着核心作用，然而其应用价值和伦理规范最近受到了攻击。本提案的目的是对在心理学研究和教育中使用动物的专业人士和学生的意见进行大规模调查。调查将主要集中在以下六个问题上：(1)在专业团体中对动物研究的支持有多广泛？(2)心理学专业的学生对动物研究的支持程度如何？(3)动物研究的哪些发现被认为是最有用的？在动物实验的批评者中，最常见的反对意见是什么？(5)不同人口亚群对动物研究的支持程度不同吗？(6)学生和教师是否支持在教育中使用动物？主要的研究方法是从美国心理协会随机抽取的5000名心理学家，以及从全国高校抽取的2000名学生进行调查。这项调查的结果旨在阐明对心理学科学和教育基础设施至关重要的几个问题，包括资金问题、研究重点、政府和机构法规、理想课程以及学生和心理学教师之间的意见分歧。结果将在会议上和适当的专业期刊上报告。＊＊＊

9320062 Plous Animal research has played a central role in psychology, yet its applied value and ethical propriety has recently come under attack. The purpose of the present proposal is to conduct a large-scale survey of professional and student opinion concerning the use of animals in psychological research and education. The investigation will focus mainly on the following six questions: (1) How widespread is support for animal research within the professional community? (2) How strongly do psychology students support animal research? (3) Which findings from animal research are seen as most useful? (4) What objections are most common among critics of animal experimentation? (5) Does support for animal research differ among demographic subpopulations? (6) Do students and faculty support the use of animals in education? The primary research approach will be to survey 5000 randomly selected psychologists from the American Psychological Association, as well as 2000 students drawn from a national sample of colleges and universities. Results from this survey are intended to illuminate several questions critical to the infrastructure of science and education within psychology, including questions of funding, research priorities, government and institutional regulations, ideal curricula, and differences in opinion between students and psychology faculty. Results will be reported at meetings and in appropriate professional journals. ***