"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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Conwy Lloyd Morgan proposed this principle, known as Morgan's Canon, to advocate for a more scientific approach to the study of animal behavior, emphasizing the need to avoid attributing complex human-like mental processes to animals when simpler explanations suffice.

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