Maybe I didn't get it right, but I didn't come to the conclusion that
it was animal research that the students were particularly concerned
about, but using animal research to make inferences about human beings,
who for many conservative students in my part of the country is
sacrilegious. For them, humans were created as we are and to try to
suggest that we evolved from a lower species is just not okay.
Dr. Bob Wildlbood
Lecturer in Psychology
Indiana University Kokomo
Kokomo, IN 56904-9003
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On 26 Dec, 2004, at 14:13, Shearon, Tim wrote:
I agree with David. But then I wondered if there are programs for
getting an undergraduate degree that don't use animal studies in their
courses of study. (Personally, that is hard for me to fathom in light
of my own experiences). Are there people on the list who would have a
program allowing students who object to animal research (or whatever
name the students tend to give to it). I'm sure that some of our
students could get through and claim or even really not remember it
(sic) but I'm really wondering if there are undergraduate
counseling/SW tracks that might not include much reference to the
animal literature. Tim Shearon, Chair and professor of psychology,
Albertson College, Caldwell, ID 83605 (off list
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From: David Epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sun 12/26/2004 10:16 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
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Subject: Re: Conservative Students Target Liberal Profs
On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Annette Taylor, Ph. D. went:
Shades of when I taught a graduate course in adult development and
aging at a "professional" school--half the class stopped their
reading of the text (Handbook of the psychology of aging) because
one of the earlier papers mentioned evidence based on animal
studies. They were so offended at the idea of using animals in
research,
They were in a professional graduate *psychology* program and they
were startled to encounter a reference to lab-animal research? How
had they gotten that far?
--David Epstein
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