Type of research
Experiment
You will test whether an intervention to reduce (the consequences of) speciesism successfully changes people’s attitudes and behaviours, as compared with a control condition.
INFORMATION
Please contact Lynn Weiher (l.weiher@utwente.nl) when you are interested in this assignment. This assignment is open to two students.
Literature
Caviola, L., Everett, J. A. C., & Faber, N. S. (2018). The Moral Standing of Animals: Towards a Psychology of Speciesism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000182
De Waal, F. B. M., & Andrews, K. (2022). The question of animal emotions. Science, 375 (6587), DOI: 10.1126/science.abo2378
Rothgerber, H., & Rosenfeld, D. L (2021). Meat‐related cognitive dissonance: The social psychology of eating animals. Social and Personality Psychology Compass 15, DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12592