Assignment 2: Using Animals in Research

Assignment 2: Using Animals in Research

Access the following website that describes why it is important to use animals in research:

http:// www.apa. org/science/animal2.html Examine the guidelines developed by the American Psychological Association's Committee on Animal Research and Ethics (CARE):http:// www.apa.org /science/anguide.html.

Then read an alternative point of view, from the animal rights perspective:http:// peta.com/.

• What is your opinion of 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 for the use of animals in research?
• Do you think the use of advanced technology like functional MRI will eventually make animal testing obsolete?
• What safeguards you think would be needed in order to protect participants with the use of neuroimaging methods?