Anthropomorphizing Dogs: Projecting One’s Own Personality and Consequences for Supporting Animal Rights.

The purpose of this paper was twofold: First, to test if people project their own personality traits onto dogs, and second, to examine if considering the psychological state of dogs increases support for animal rights more broadly. In studies 1 and 2, participants read descriptions of dog behaviors...

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Published in:Anthrozoös Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 73 - 87
Main Authors: Brown, Christina M., McLean, Julia L.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2015
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