Summary:
This chapter explores the idea of drug addiction by placing two groups of rats in a "rat park" and in a cramped cage. Regular water and morphine water are then placed in both cages. The observations show that the cramped up rats prefer the morphine while those rats in the "park" prefer regular water. There is also a discussion of how maybe chemical imbalances in the brain may be the causes of addictions and gives us examples of 2 contradictory cases.
Discussion:
I feel I do not have enough information on different subjects to make an educated opinion on the matter. I do not know to social behaviors of a mouse, nor what chemicals are required to keep one off an addiction. I feel like it may be a culmination of outside forces as well as chemical imbalances and the person's will power.
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