The Fractionalization and Anthropocentric View of Comparative Psychology. Commentary: A Crisis in Comparative Psychology: Where Have All the Undergraduates Gone?

Frontiers in Psychology

Murray R. Horne¹ 

关键词: comparative psychology;    education;    undergraduate;    recruitment;    comparative cognition;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01753

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Comparative psychology is dead! Or at least may be waning if we do not recruit capable undergraduates. We must disagree with this prophecy that Abramson (2015) warns us about. The controversial nature of his opinion on the state of comparative psychology as a discipline lies in how one perceives the fractionalization of the field and the importance of connecting animal to human behavior. The key to understanding the current state of comparative psychology is not to take the approach that it is a dying field, but to understand how the field can further evolve.

【 授权许可】

CC BY