Hi Fellow Pet Owners,
My name is Zachary Martin and I am a student in the psychology department at Augusta State University in Augusta, Ga. If you wouldn't mind, I am doing a study on pet owners. Go to this link:

Pet Relationships

And fill out my survey. Thanks!

--Zac

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The purpose of this study is to examine individuals' responses to situations involving pets and humans.

good purpose but after you know how the individual response to the situation what will be the benefit of it???

We will have a better understanding of the human-pet attachment (how humans can actually value their pets over their own species, humans) works and also what humans value most when presented with tough moral decisions (will they save their pet or another human life). There has been a lot of research on moral decisions like this, but they all pit saving one human vs another. We believe that pitting an animal vs a human will go even further into the attachment bond and also the deliberation used to make the decision. Hope that this helps

--Zac

[lil mutt]

Zachary Martin welcome to the forum.. .gonna visit your survey later...

thanks lil mutt

Originally Posted by zmartin1

Hi Fellow Pet Owners,
My name is Zachary Martin and I am a student in the psychology department at Augusta State University in Augusta, Ga. If you wouldn't mind, I am doing a study on pet owners. Go to this link:

Pet Relationships

And fill out my survey. Thanks!

--Zac

no problem!

Let me just say according to the Survey... i think it should have been constructed a little bit differently. I believe that no matter what someone else's answer would be the true decision would be unknown to alot of people. I would always choose a human life 1st. Not saying that i would like that decision... but i would live much better with it.

SiRalex16v,
Though some may choose a human life first, we the researchers believe that having to pick between a stranger and a beloved pet will be a tough decision. I believe there will be many to choose the pet...pets can be like surrogate family members to some.

I need some more surveys, so continue taking them new viewers. Thanks to everyone who has already contributed!

I have about 300 surveys taken so far, and I need many more. So please, if you haven't already done so, take one online and pass the link on to your friends.

[wishbone]

Ok I will join in! Good survey.