Dr. Malik conducts laboratory experiments on animals to investigate the long-term behavioral effects of chronic nicotine exposure. She administered daily high doses of nicotine to 40 adolescent rats while keeping them in individual, barren cages for six weeks. After this period, Dr. Malik placed the rats in a communal habitat with a control group of non-exposed rats. The nicotine-exposed rats exhibited hyper-aggressive behaviors and were repeatedly attacked or excluded from nesting areas by the other rats.
To what extent are animal laboratory experiments appropriate to study the effects of recreational drugs? You must make reference to the context in your answer.
84 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Issues around drug taking, Biological explanations of drug addiction, Learning explanations of drug addiction, Treatments for drug addiction, Anti-drug campaign and strategies, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.