It's a Dog Eat Dog World: How Beliefs about Animals Are Used to Rationalize Negative Human Behavior

Poster Session III - Research Proposal Posters

Keyword: Personality Traits

Abstract: The present research will explore modern belief systems regarding humans’ position in the animal kingdom, namely how some people rationalize hierarchies through their understanding of nature and non-human animals. We propose the creation of a Nature Beliefs scale to determine how pseudoscientific beliefs are used to justify marginalization and oppression.

• Callie Cade (Presenting Author)
• Eric Knowles (Author)