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

9320062多动物研究在心理学中发挥了核心作用，但其应用价值和伦理道德最近受到攻击。本提案的目的是对专业人士和学生关于在心理学研究和教育中使用动物的意见进行大规模调查。调查将主要集中在以下六个问题：（1）在专业团体中，对动物研究的支持有多广泛？(2)心理学专业的学生有多支持动物研究？(3)动物研究的哪些发现被认为是最有用的？(4)在动物实验的批评者中，最常见的反对意见是什么？(5)对动物研究的支持在人口统计学亚群中是否存在差异？(6)学生和教师是否支持在教育中使用动物？主要的研究方法将是调查5000名随机选择的心理学家从美国心理协会，以及2000名学生从全国抽样的学院和大学。从这次调查的结果是为了阐明几个关键的问题，心理学的科学和教育的基础设施，包括资金问题，研究重点，政府和机构的规定，理想的课程，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杂志上报告。***

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. ***