In this paper we will be diving into the amazing world of Biological Psychology and how the Gender of patients can influence psychological behaviors. First and foremost, we will start with the question, “What is Biological Psychology?” Biological Psychology is the application of the principals of biology to the study of genetic, physiological, and developmental mechanisms of behavior in humans and other animals (Behavioral neuroscience. (n.d.)). Biological Psychology is the only approach in psychology that examines thoughts, behaviors, and feelings from a physical point of view (McLeod, S. (2016)). Having this understanding we can now look at the aspect of gender. From a biological standpoint, male’s and female’s brains are actually almost
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The nature-nurture issue is a longstanding debate on whether inborn genetics (nature) or life experience (nurture) affects a person’s traits and behaviors (Meyers, 2014). As we explored earlier male and female hormones play affect the hypothalamus in the brain. When examining a patient, their biological gender (nature) may influence the nature aspect of the patient’s behavior. For example, the female stereotypical behaviors such as being emotional, submissive, passive, and nurturing; and male stereotypical behaviors such as being dominant, independent, and controlling, could be linked to sex hormones affecting the hypothalamus of the brain. Likewise, societal gender roles (nurture) may influence a patient’s behavior as well. For example, females may act emotional, submissive, passive, and nurturing because it is in or DNA or it could be because we are taught to act this way to fit into societal norms. Therefore, social roles for male and females may affect a person’s behavior just as much as their innate genetics. This makes studying gender stereotyped behavior a perfect example for what influences behavior, nature or …show more content…
A survey is a form of data collection that involves people reporting their opinions or behaviors for the researcher to record (Meyers, 2014.). Surveys are very helpful in certain situations. For example, lets say a researcher wants to find out if there is a correlation between gender and whether or not they play video games. The researcher can take a survey of a large group of people and see their response. The only downside to surveys is that people may record inaccurate data. Using the example study above, let us say that a woman plays video games avidly, but she feels embarrassed to say so, she may report that she does not play video games. This would cause the researcher to record inaccurate data and therefore cause fallacy in the survey. The wording and source of a survey may also cause people to report inaccurate results (Meyers, 2014.). For example, if the local Baptist church wants to perform a survey to find out how many people in their local area kept their virginity until marriage, most likely the results from their survey will be inaccurate. This is simply because most people do not want to report losing their virginity before marriage to a church. On the other hand, if the same survey was sent out from the Women’s Health Association, people are much more likely to report the
The nature-nurture issue is a longstanding debate on whether inborn genetics (nature) or life experience (nurture) affects a person’s traits and behaviors (Meyers, 2014). As we explored earlier male and female hormones play affect the hypothalamus in the brain. When examining a patient, their biological gender (nature) may influence the nature aspect of the patient’s behavior. For example, the female stereotypical behaviors such as being emotional, submissive, passive, and nurturing; and male stereotypical behaviors such as being dominant, independent, and controlling, could be linked to sex hormones affecting the hypothalamus of the brain. Likewise, societal gender roles (nurture) may influence a patient’s behavior as well. For example, females may act emotional, submissive, passive, and nurturing because it is in or DNA or it could be because we are taught to act this way to fit into societal norms. Therefore, social roles for male and females may affect a person’s behavior just as much as their innate genetics. This makes studying gender stereotyped behavior a perfect example for what influences behavior, nature or …show more content…
A survey is a form of data collection that involves people reporting their opinions or behaviors for the researcher to record (Meyers, 2014.). Surveys are very helpful in certain situations. For example, lets say a researcher wants to find out if there is a correlation between gender and whether or not they play video games. The researcher can take a survey of a large group of people and see their response. The only downside to surveys is that people may record inaccurate data. Using the example study above, let us say that a woman plays video games avidly, but she feels embarrassed to say so, she may report that she does not play video games. This would cause the researcher to record inaccurate data and therefore cause fallacy in the survey. The wording and source of a survey may also cause people to report inaccurate results (Meyers, 2014.). For example, if the local Baptist church wants to perform a survey to find out how many people in their local area kept their virginity until marriage, most likely the results from their survey will be inaccurate. This is simply because most people do not want to report losing their virginity before marriage to a church. On the other hand, if the same survey was sent out from the Women’s Health Association, people are much more likely to report the