... validity in the experiment itself with only the application of results to humans being open to question. It's true that animal experiments have allowed for a great contribution to psychology, however, separate guidelines (i.e. the Animal Scientific Procedures Act of 1986) have been drawn up in order to protect the welfare of animals. These guidelines are generally set up to balance the validity / accuracy of the research and its scientific contributions it can offer, with the amount of suffering that the animals will under go. (Bateson's decision cube is an excellent quantitative representation of these guidelines). This ensures that unjustified animal suffering will not occur, and helps to motivate researchers to find a way of conducting the experiment with minimal discomfort to the creature. Speciesism is the term used to describe the suffering one species is put through for the benefit of another. Peter and Singer argue that this concept ...

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