Comparative psychology, the multidisciplinary study of animal
behavior and psychology, confronts the challenge of how to study
animals we find cute and easy to anthropomorphize, and animals we
find odd and easy to objectify, without letting these biases
negatively impact the science. In this Element, Kristin Andrews
identifies and critically examines the principles of comparative
psychology and shows how they can introduce other biases by
objectifying animal subjects and encouraging scientists to remain
detached. Andrews outlines the scientific benefits of treating
animals as sentient research participants who come from their own
social contexts and with whom we will be in relationship. With
discussions of science's quest for objectivity, worries about
romantic and killjoy theories, and debates about chimpanzee
cognition between primatologists who work in the field and those in
the lab, Andrews shows how scientists can address the different
biases through greater integration of the subdisciplines of
comparative psychology.
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