"Teaching about animal research in psychology": Erratum.

Reports an error in the original article by M. Domjan and J. E. Purdy (American Psychologist, 1996 [Jul], Vol 51[7], 736–737). Portions of the text were inadvertently omitted in the production process; the comment is presented in its entirety. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in PA, Vol 83:32272.). Responds to P. F. Cunningham's (see record 83:32271) and S. D. Gosling's (see record 1995-45383-001) study of the acknowledgment of contributions of animal experimentation in leading introductory psychology textbooks. The authors agree with Gosling that the primary goal of the general psychology course is to facilitate the students' understanding of psychology and that animal research is not presented in an educationally effective fashion in general psychology textbooks. However, it is argued that students need to know not only the conclusions of research but also something about how the research was conducted. In response to Cunningham's contention that psychology instructors will have to address why research animals are kept under stressful laboratory conditions, the authors note that psychology experiments typically do not involve deadly diseases or experimental pathologies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)