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DeRosa, Bill – Children and Animals, 1985
Addresses the problem of cruelty to animals from a research perspective. Studies of possible causes of childhood cruelty to animals are reviewed and common contributing environmental factors are identified. Implications for educators are discussed and directives for detection and prevention of cruelty are suggested. (ML)
Descriptors: Aggression, Animals, Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research
Peer reviewedDomjan, Michael; Purdy, Jesse E. – American Psychologist, 1995
Examines how the contributions of animal research are presented in eight of the most widely used introductory psychology textbooks. The authors show that, with the exception of principles of conditioning and learning, the contributions of animal research are often not explicitly acknowledged or are obscured to look like they had been obtained with…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Developmental Psychology, Experimental Psychology
