Animal Welfare

Definition

Animal welfare refers to the ethical responsibility of psychologists to ensure the well-being and humane treatment of non-human subjects used in psychological experiments.

Related terms

Ethical Guidelines:

These guidelines are a set of principles that psychologists follow to ensure ethical conduct in research involving human and non-human subjects.

Humane Treatment: This term refers to treating animals with care, compassion, and respect, similar to how we would want others to treat us.

Animal Rights:

The concept that animals have inherent rights and should not be subjected to unnecessary harm or suffering.