Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1996
Abstract
In the previous essay, I described the proper function of models in science as heuristic, as a way of generating hypotheses about the actual object of study. Turning to animal models in psychology, I offered a general characterization of that enterprise using sham feeding, an animal model of the eating disorder called bulimia, as an example. In this final of three essays, I offer an evaluation of this animal model strategy that largely employs the tools of social science. I close with a recommendation and a prediction.
Recommended Citation
Shapiro, Kenneth J., "The Ingrown World of Animal Model Research in Psychology" (1996). Experimentation Collection. 73.
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