Rat Park: An incredibly interesting experiment on the social and cognitive factors of addiction
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Read and document the above study (click the picture) on societal factors of addiction! It’s really incredible! But makes intuitive sense!
After reading, answer the following questions:
- What social psychology principals come to mind while contemplating the results of the study?
- What other study regarding cognitive factors (from our cognitive unit of study) corroborates or reinforces the theories regarding addiction inherent in the illustrated study? (cite a specific study).
- Other thoughts/ideas/musings/conclusions?