The Fractionalization and Anthropocentric View of Comparative Psychology. Commentary: A Crisis in Comparative Psychology: Where Have All the Undergraduates Gone?

摘要

Comparative psychology is dead! Or at least may be waning if we do not recruit capable undergraduates. We must disagree with this prophecy that Abramson (2015) warns us about. The controversial nature of his opinion on the state of comparative psychology as a discipline lies in how one perceives the fractionalization of the field and the importance of connecting animal to human behavior. The key to understanding the current state of comparative psychology is not to take the approach that it is a dying field, but to understand how the field can further evolve.