Biology of gender

haven’t changed in societies eyes when it comes to a person’s biology. Not only on biology, but also how the theories are affected by nurture vs. nature, since society had seen changing and so has the ideas of gender and how gender affected by biology and or society. It seems to me that the sex role theory is a biosocial approach, because part of the idea is that because a woman's…

higher education, I enrolled at the University of Nevada, Reno with the intent to take Biology courses along with a few other science-based classes. I enjoyed the biology classes and therefore declared Biology as my major. However, I was not completely satisfied and decided to take psychology classes due to my personal interest in how the mind works. The psychology classes provided a good balance with my biology courses. My initial plan was to take some classes within Psychology to find…

The nature versus nurture debate encompasses many hot button topics that have led to disagreements on both sides. Included within this debate is a topic that until recently has been regarded as forbidden subject matter—what is the main influence on gender development? Biologists and other organic researchers have contended that hereditary qualities and hormones foreordain nearly everything about gender and sexual orientation, while psychologists and sociologist claim environmental factors are…

specific trait. In the case of this lab, we began by artificially selecting a group of heterozygous Drosophila for the first cross. On the other hand, natural selection occurs without human interference from humans and organisms acquire characteristics that are necessary for survival. It is argued that natural selection is the force that drives and guides evolutionary progress (Williams, 1996). In our study, some of the flies were exposed to partial selection as well. After breeding…

care about. I see myself being clever when I attempt to “game” the system by being as efficient as possible and thinking outside the box. The ‘long, hard, stupid way” never does crosses my mind because I need a better way to do everything. A good example of this is when I . Finally, I am persevering. This is especially obvious when it comes to sports such as swimming. I started swimming this year and it has been a very interesting experience. I am possibly the least best at this sport for my age…

Biology plays quite a lot on personality, people can be more likely to develop certain personality traits because they inherited them genetically. That is what biological psychologist’s study’s. There is an entire field of science called epigenetics that is all about how changes in behavior due to experience can affect people on a biological level and cause changes in genetics across generations. It’s far from the only thing that influences personality but it plays the part. Heredity plays a…

Are humans aware of the important role of more than one hundred thousands of genes that we have? I would say not all of us have. This question is not often ask unless we form part of a science club or have careers that are associated with biology, as a college student and future professional woman I do think it is important to ask this type of questions and to know the answer. People always tend to ignore the scientific side of the how our personality, behavior, temperament and experience…

Behavioral genetics is a field that attempts to tease apart influences of nature and nurture on one’s development. In order to study these influences, researchers often study families with adopted children. Think about people who commit serious crimes. How might influences from both nature and nurture explain this behavior? How can studying adopted children provide clues to the heritability of committing crimes? This experiment of studying adopted children is the ultimate test of “Nature versus…

All things considered, these examples of how the confounding variables, (the environment and biology), have an influence on an individual’s decision, is proof of how social construction is at play. The environment is the structure that limited the potential for personal growth, but also the individual acted out their agency by making choices that may be detrimental to their health. Yuka Nakamura argues that, since their sociological imaginations are not activated, they believe that the choices…

Designer Babies - Future or Fail? Imagine a world where people could pick their children's characteristics. Causing a rift in society because they want their children to be the best. Putting their children on the same level as the car they bought their best friend. This scenario might eventually become a reality with the new concept of designer babies. Designer babies are infants that have had their genetic makeup changed in order to have a certain aspect of their bodies or personalities…