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What do we need to consider when using animals in experiments?

This lesson explores the ethical and practical issues related to using animals in psychological experiments. Students will engage with key topics like causing pain and fear, social isolation, animal numbers, and species selection. They will analyze real-life animal experiments to identify considered and overlooked ethical issues. Students will also respond to a hypothetical letter from Mr. Chance regarding his proposed experiment, justifying their stance or highlighting concerns. The lesson culminates in a discussion on choosing between animals and humans for an experiment on tiredness, emphasizing ethical and practical considerations.

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What do we need to consider when using animals in experiments?

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  1. What do we need to consider when using animals in experiments? Objectives: To understand and identify the ethical and practical issues of using animals in psychology experiment. Starter: Over the last year we have come across many animal experiments in Psychology. Complete the starter quiz to show what you can remember!

  2. Issues we need to consider when using animals. • Ethical issues: • Causing pain and fear • Social isolation • Numbers of animals • Choice of species • Practical issues: • Similarities between animals and humans • Controls • Deprivation • Benefits for animals • Differences between animals and humans

  3. Task: Now you explain each point (top graders give examples)

  4. Task: Now you explain each point (top graders give examples)

  5. Watch the following video clips showing animal experiments. Which ethical issues do you think have been considered, which not? What are the practical pro’s and cons?

  6. Now read your letter from Mr Chance enquiring about an experiment he would like to carry out. You need to: 1) Write a reply explaining whether this experiment should go ahead, and JUSTIFY your decision using key terms. OR 2) Highlight parts of the letter that are of a concern to you. Annotate the letter showing which ethical or practical issue each point is referring to.

  7. Finally: Imagine you have been asked to carry out an experiment to see whether longer darker nights increases tiredness. Would you use humans or animals? Why? If so what ethical and practical issued would you consider?

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