Clever animals and killjoy explanations in comparative psychology The enthusiasm of the popular and even scientific press for clever animal stories nourishes this tendency: killjoy explanations are less likely to make headlines than stories about how octopi or birds are unexpectedly human-like
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How to Study Animal Minds In this Element, Kristin Andrews identifies and critically examines the principles of comparative psychology and shows how they can introduce other biases by objectifying animal subjects and encouraging scientists to remain detached
Clever animals and killjoy explanations in comparative psychology The enthusiasm of the popular and even scientific press for clever animal stories nourishes this tendency: killjoy explanations are less likely to make headlines than stories about how octopi or birds are unexpectedly human-like
A. Word. A. Day --killjoy - Wordsmith. org “Too often the authorities have shared the misconception that corruption in sport is essentially benign Worried about appearing killjoys, they have let it be ” Bigger than Blatter; The Economist (London, UK); Jun 6, 2015 See more usage examples of killjoy in Vocabulary com’s dictionary