Animal Research (Edexcel A-Level Psychology): Flashcards

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Rat gestation period duration

22 days

Why animals have high internal validity in experiments

Naïve to procedures; no demand characteristics

Gray (1991) utilitarian argument for animal research

Animal suffering justified if benefits larger number of people

Ecological validity issue in lab animal research

Lab behaviour differs from natural animal behaviour

Singer (1975) term for species-based discrimination

Speciesism

Anthropomorphism definition

Attributing human qualities to animals

UK law governing animal research from 1986

Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986

Protected animals under 1986 Act

All non-human vertebrates and octopus

Three Rs in animal research (Russell & Burch, 1959)

Replacement, Reduction, Refinement

Replacement (Three Rs) meaning

Using non-sentient alternatives whenever possible

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