Cassidy Schaul
Dr. Kim MacLin
Intro to Psychology
30 August 2016
Chapter 2 Application Assignment
Hormones can play a big role in human thought and behavior. When you have no testosterone you have a lack of desire and you are not interested in doing anything. You are also unable to decide what is or is not interesting. When you have a lot of testosterone it changes the way you think and your behavior. For example, when the girl was taking testosterone shot to become a male it changed the way she looked at females. She looked at them and would not be attracted to any of their qualities except for one. That one quality made her attracted to them even though she did not like anything else about them. The female taking testosterone shots would also experience an increase in libido. She was also aroused when she saw a nice car. After taking the testosterone shots and becoming male he had to learn how to rephrase things without sounding or …show more content…
People with higher testosterone tend to be more confident and bold. My behavior can be dictated by hormonal influences. When girls get their period their libido increases. I feel like when I get my period my behavior is affected in many ways. One way I think my behavior is affected is if I get cramps. Sometimes cramps can make you moody which can affect my behavior. When my hormones increase I can tell that I get more irritable or easily annoyed. Hormones can effect my behavior in many ways. Hormones can effect my weight, emotions and health. For example, when I started birth control people told me I would probably gain a few pounds. I feel as if this had something to do with the hormones in the birth control. Also I feel like when I am more hormonal during my time of the month I tend to eat more than I usually do. I think weather may my hormones also. I do not know how but I feel like in the winter i become a little sad or depressed. Everyone is affected by their hormones
Dr. Kim MacLin
Intro to Psychology
30 August 2016
Chapter 2 Application Assignment
Hormones can play a big role in human thought and behavior. When you have no testosterone you have a lack of desire and you are not interested in doing anything. You are also unable to decide what is or is not interesting. When you have a lot of testosterone it changes the way you think and your behavior. For example, when the girl was taking testosterone shot to become a male it changed the way she looked at females. She looked at them and would not be attracted to any of their qualities except for one. That one quality made her attracted to them even though she did not like anything else about them. The female taking testosterone shots would also experience an increase in libido. She was also aroused when she saw a nice car. After taking the testosterone shots and becoming male he had to learn how to rephrase things without sounding or …show more content…
People with higher testosterone tend to be more confident and bold. My behavior can be dictated by hormonal influences. When girls get their period their libido increases. I feel like when I get my period my behavior is affected in many ways. One way I think my behavior is affected is if I get cramps. Sometimes cramps can make you moody which can affect my behavior. When my hormones increase I can tell that I get more irritable or easily annoyed. Hormones can effect my behavior in many ways. Hormones can effect my weight, emotions and health. For example, when I started birth control people told me I would probably gain a few pounds. I feel as if this had something to do with the hormones in the birth control. Also I feel like when I am more hormonal during my time of the month I tend to eat more than I usually do. I think weather may my hormones also. I do not know how but I feel like in the winter i become a little sad or depressed. Everyone is affected by their hormones