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Assignment 2: Using Animals in Research

Click here to access the website, which explains the goal of the APA's Committee on Animal Research and Ethics.

link for Animal Research and Ethics    http://www.apa.org/science/leadership/care/index.aspx

Click here to access the website, examine the guidelines developed by the American Psychological Association's Committee on Animal Research and Ethics (CARE).

link for CARE site      http://www.apa.org/science/leadership/care/guidelines.aspx

Then, click here to read an alternative point of view from the animal rights perspective. Answer the following questions:

link  for alternative view

http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-experimentation/

• What is your opinion about using animals for research?
• Was your opinion affected by the readings for this assignment?
• Under what circumstances, or for which types of research projects, would you advocate the use of animals in research?
• Do you think the use of advanced technology, such as fMRI, will eventually make animal testing obsolete?
• What safeguards do you think would be needed in order to protect participants in studies using neuroimaging methods?

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