"In no case may we interpret an action as the outcome of the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it can be
Interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale." This
Extension of Ockham's Razor and principle of parsimony was advanced by _______ as a means of countering
The anthropomorphism of early comparative psychologists.

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This principle is known as Lloyd Morgan's Canon, named after the psychologist Conwy Lloyd Morgan who developed this extension of Ockham's Razor to counter anthropomorphism in comparative psychology. Charles Darwin, William Thierry Preyer, and Jacques Loeb were influential figures in psychology and biology but did not develop this specific principle.

"In No Case May We Interpret an Action as the Outcome