The biological perspective attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occurring in the body. For example, genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system can be causes. Developing an eating disorder may possibly be a predisposition, meaning that an eating disorder could have been biologically inherited if it runs in the family. The abnormalities in the structure or activity of the hypothalamus, a brain structure responsible for regulating eating behaviors may not cause the usual trigger of being full or finished, which results in bulimia. Neurotransmitters are related to this, they create serotonin, which has an affect on the behavior of bulimic. Tryptophan (converted sugars) use serotonin to regulate appetite. Low serotonin in the brain may be the cause of the binge behavior some bulimics have. Andrea may suffer from a predisposition or abnormality in the brain, which would be the cause of her eating
The biological perspective attributes human and animal behavior to biological events occurring in the body. For example, genetic influences, hormones, and the activity of the nervous system can be causes. Developing an eating disorder may possibly be a predisposition, meaning that an eating disorder could have been biologically inherited if it runs in the family. The abnormalities in the structure or activity of the hypothalamus, a brain structure responsible for regulating eating behaviors may not cause the usual trigger of being full or finished, which results in bulimia. Neurotransmitters are related to this, they create serotonin, which has an affect on the behavior of bulimic. Tryptophan (converted sugars) use serotonin to regulate appetite. Low serotonin in the brain may be the cause of the binge behavior some bulimics have. Andrea may suffer from a predisposition or abnormality in the brain, which would be the cause of her eating