Psychological testing

in confined areas given food that does not provide proper nutrition while going through torture day in and day out. These animals are forced to undergo extreme circumstances for researchers to achieve the desired result. The first form of animal testing came in the third century BCE with the Greek philosophers Aristotle…

When penalties are issued to the laboratories and organizations that do not follow the guidelines, they are negligible, and do little to deter companies, schools, and labs from continuing to place these animals in dangerous situations. The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) is an organization, founded by attorneys, which files lawsuits to protect animals. Their goal is to assure the punishment of animal abusers. There are also many organizations that work to prevent animal cruelty and misuse,…

Each day is a struggle to stay alive. This description is the life of an animal in a testing laboratory. These innocent creatures spend their lives locked up as prisoners. Cold, lonely, and terrified. Each day could be their last. Not one animal is safe. Animal testing should be banned is all U.S laboratories due to cruel and painful procedures, unreliable results, and replaced with alternatives. Animal testing is a procedure performed on living animals by scientists to research into…

different view of describing bullying; some people indicate that it is an aggressive behavior like punching, kicking, slapping, and pushing. Universally physical abuse or violence accepted as a bullying. Bullying behavior is continual physical, psychological, social, verbal, or emotional methods of intimidation by an individual or group (Cowie, Naylor, Rivers, Smith, & Pereira, 2002). Bullying is an action such as hitting or name calling that feels angry, hurt and upset. Bullying behaviors can…

use animals to learn and understand some basic human behaviours such as hunger, thirst and reproduction. The use of animals in psychology links back to the 17th century in the UK. From this point of the history animals have been used for various psychological and biological reasons but now we face with a debate were people believe that animals shouldn’t be used in experiments. There are several reasons why people are against this but the first and, perhaps the most important one, is because of…

This study not only addresses a child’s potential of vulnerability to psychological issues, but also addresses the potential for abuse by parents and/or guardians. Further, the study looks to correlate depressogenic attributional style and depressive/anxious symptomatology behavior in children of parents who use or have used harsh…

As you see yourself, I once saw myself, as you see me now you will be seen”(DFPS). The previous phrase is a slogan or statement that can be seen on many of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Adult Protective Services brochures. Elderly abuse is a major social problem that has been effecting the aging population for many years, but laws to prevent and protect the aging population are fairly recent. The concept of Elder Abuse has not changed, but the format the Adult…

experimentation is the use of living animals for research purposes to assess the effectiveness of new medicine and consumer products. Animal testing is used towards enhancing products such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food additives, and household cleaners so that toxic encounters do not occur. Animals that are involved in experimental testing experience psychological distress, extensive pain, and suffering. The animals can either be re-used or killed at the end of an experiment. Animals…

Animal Testing Animals should not be used for testing or experimentation. Animals used in these tests are treated cruelly, go through painful and stressful experiments and are likely killed at the end of the experiment. There are a number of alternatives we can use that are cheaper, quicker and more accurate than testing on animals. Ninety-four percent of the tests occurring on animals are not relevant or accurate and do not prove that a product is safe for humans just because it worked on the…

test products they are about to release, putting the lives of many animals in jeopardy. Millions of animals are forced into painful methods of testing in laboratories that result in physical and psychological damage to the subjects. Animal testing must end and in its place should be methods that are less harmful and more healthy. Although animal testing has led to new cures in the medical industry, the practice is cruel and inhumane with many of the animals being victims of burns, wounds,…