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Psyc260 notes (9/29/04) Mesa C
Prof: Van Kirk
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Psychology
Not Applicable
09/29/2004

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Ethics
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Alternatives for animal testing
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humans, volunteers, prisoners, people with diseases and disorders (too many variables), lack of control
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animals for testing
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cockroaches, sea slugs, rat/mouse, rabbit, cat, dog
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reasons for animal testing
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bred: genetic history, control, environment
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similarities with a animals
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behaviors, cognition, emotion, anatomy, physiology
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similarities or differences with a computer
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unknown cognition, no behavior, no emotion
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similarities or differences with skin tissue
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no cognition, no behavior, no emotion
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knowledge vs harm
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it outweighs
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Uses of animals
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pets, food, leather, pharmaceutical, entertainment, vaccines, surgeries, knowledge, parkinson's, alzheimers, strokes, schizophrenia, anxiety
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downside of having a pet
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more suffering, no permission, no inspections (care), no regulations on diet, no exercise, 50% more sacrificed and 0.3% research uses
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animal law
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humane treatment, IRB (institutional review borad), anesthesia, appropriate care, evasive vs. non-evasive, drugs
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methods in research: experimental lesion/ablation
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electrolytic, chemical, radio frequency
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different brain areas
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control similar functions
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no ONE brain area
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is solely responsible for controlling behavior
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(ablation) RF uses
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HI frequency current
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Chemical lesian
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have control in testing
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canula
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kainic acid
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