It depends on what kind of experiments you're talking about.
Animal behavior experiments are generally done in order to understand why they behave the way they do, and by extension to help us understand why humans behave the way they do.
Drug trials are done on animals first in order to see if the treatment is a) effective and b) safe. Each species has its own metabolic quirks, so a treatment that is safe and effective in animals MAY not be so in humans, but it's a way to identify treatments that are at least POTENTIALLY safe and effective for humans.
Finally, some testing is done for teaching/training purposes. A school may have students experiment on, say, rats even though the expected results are known, in order to train the students how to perform experiments in which the results are NOT known.
Plus rats, mice, dogs,primates and cats all get used for expiriments. You may think-ew mice, rats, who cares about them? BUT THEY HAVE A LIFE TO YOU KNOW AND THEY WANT TO LIVE IT!
The Skinner box, a device used in behavioral experiments, was invented in 1930 by psychologist B.F. Skinner.
The Skinner Box was invented by behaviorist B.F. Skinner. It is an experimental apparatus commonly used in behavioral studies and conditioning experiments with animals like rats.
The researchers used a combination of surveys, interviews, and experiments to collect and analyze data for their study. Surveys were used to gather information from a large sample of participants, interviews provided in-depth insights from selected individuals, and experiments allowed for controlled testing of hypotheses.
Approximately 7% of all psychological studies involve animals.
The 'difference analyzer' was created by Karl Lashley in the early 1920s. This device was designed to study the way sensory information is perceived and processed in the brain through controlled experiments on animals.
For brain or drugs experiments, rats are frequently used but dogs and monkey are also used a lot.
Ernest Everett Just has written: 'Basic methods for experiments on eggs of marine animals' -- subject(s): Eggs, Embryology, Experiments, Fertilization (Biology), Marine animals, Technique, Invertebrates
Many animals are used for animal experiments. These animals are mice, rats, monkey's, dogs, bunnies, birds, fish, frogs, cats, and even hamsters. These animals do not deserve to be treated like this. help stop this by going to google.com and searching up animal experimenting protest. you can donate money to the company, and even volunteer to help.
According to the Vivisection Information Network, "Estimates exist that 100 million animals are used wordwide, which is about 274,000 per day, or three every second. However, this estimate is for vertebrates only."According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, in the United States in 2010, 1.28 million animals were used in experiments (excluding rats, mice, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and agricultural animals used in agricultural experiments), plus an estimated 100 million mice and rats. In Canada in 2009, 3.38 million animals were used in experiments. Of those, 145,632 animals were subjected to “severe pain near, at, or above the pain tolerance threshold of unanesthetized conscious animals.†In the United Kingdom in 2012, there were 4.11 million experiments on animals, and 2.95 million of those were without anesthesia.
Yes
It is unreligeous to experiment on animals.
Stan C. Smith has written: 'Classroom Animals: Beyond Observation' 'Classroom animals' -- subject(s): Zoology, Experiments, Study and teaching (Middle school)
yes
because it might hurt their feelign being used like that.
Yes, they are used in experiments in some places :)
Sadly yes but people are trying to prevent it from happening. But with a bit of luck it should stop soon.
People who are against vivisection or experiments on animals.