Enhancing Student Interest in Animals. Commentary: A Crisis in Comparative Psychology: Where Have All the Undergraduates Gone?

Frontiers in Psychology

Carla Krachun¹ 

关键词: comparative psychology;    recruitment;    undergraduates;    student perceptions;    career options;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01897

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Abramson's (2015) article confirmed what I have come to realize in several years of teaching: many psychology students have a general lack of enthusiasm for studying animals. In my department, the consequence is that courses in animal behavior and cognition have been offered on an infrequent basis, canceled due to low enrollment, or given more human content to widen their appeal. For example, a third-year course on learning processes that traditionally focused on animal research now covers learning disabilities or language learning.

【 授权许可】

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