Biological Psychological Analysis

Biological psychology aims to understand how our bodies are connected to our many behaviors and experiences. Today, biological psychology stands as the oldest perspective of the six modern perspectives. Through biological psychology we can divide the brain in sections the hindbrain, midbrain, and the forebrain. These sections all allow for us to mediate biological functions, helps us process visual and auditory information, and control our mental processes. The majority of the brain consists of the cerebral cortex which is located in the forebrain. This section of the brain plays the role of receiving information and our responses. Since we now know what parts of the brain are responsible for particular functions we now use that advancement …show more content…
Researchers found a positive correlation between Facebook use and self esteem as well as narcissism. To ensure internal validity I agree with the researcher 's approach to make sure that the individual differences to the nucleus accumbens response was directly explained by Facebook use. The control step wise regression measured Facebook use and the personality measures to ensure that Facebook use primarily explained their results. Furthermore, I think it was brilliant to compare monetary rewards and social feedback. Instead of predominantly focusing the relationship between the processing of positive social feedback to Facebook use. Another intriguing detail about the study it is the first of its kind to observe the processing of social feedback and its correlation to differences in real world behavior. Moreover, this study is one of few articles published regarding neuroscience and social media use. Hopefully this study encourages researchers to expand and make new discoveries on the impact of social media. Upon my observation it seems like this study was primarily guided through past research. For example, the experimental cover story was guided by past research on how the processing of positive social feedback was processed in the ventral striatum. I found the format of this article challenging to understand. The article was translated from German and we have different guidelines to writing an article. However, I wish there was a section specifically discussing research aims. I still understood the aims for the study but I prefer it was collectively all in a designated section. I think future research should focus on how we process self relevant gains from Instagram and Snapchat. These social media outlets are all prominent in today’s society. So to observe how we process receiving a “like” on a picture posted