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...Peterson-began his research career studying drug and alcohol abusers with other psychologists. The researchers discovered that when non-alcoholics with a family history of alcoholism consume liquor, their heart rate goes up nearly twice as much as that of "normal people...
...Peterson says the excessive rise is due to the subjects' predisposition to alcohol and drugs which stimulate their positive systems...
According to Peterson, people have four types of psychological systems which either attract them toward pleasurable sensations or repel them from harmful ones...
...Peterson says this propensity to take mind-altering drugs is based on a natural tendency to explore it," Peterson says. "It's the price we pay for intense curiosity...
...Peterson cites the example of a child who spins around and around in circles until passing out. The spinning is motivated by the child's desire to explore the unknown, he says...