What claims do the authors of the study make about the influence of the brain and nervous system on human behavior?
The nervous system comprises several parts. But the autonomic nervous system is what that influence human behaviors by either the fighting branch, the flight or the slowdown chamber.
What evidence does the study present for how the brain and nervous system influence human behavior?
For instance, the sympathetic branch, what is also known as the fight or flight response, is what makes someone heart to pound to sweat or fear during the stressful situation. Indeed, it influences the body to produce more adrenaline and causes the blood to move faster to help the person escape any dangerous situation that may be present. After the sympathetic branch has a deal with fear; the parasympathetic branch tells the whole body to slow down and relax.
How did the researchers address potential ethical issues in the study, and did they do so adequately? Why or why not?
The researchers adequately addressed issues of ethics in this study. It is because the psychologists were able to uphold individual rights to confidentiality and privacy to every study participant.
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How have advancements in technology influenced research on human behavior?
The human behavior is occasionally changing with advancement in the realm of scientific and technological. As a matter of fact, technology has significantly impacted most human behavior. What is more, technology has become an integrated part of research on human behavior. It is because it has provided platforms where anyone can speak their mind and keep in touch with others despite where they are. Indeed, this has facilitated researchers to have a broad range of analysis on how people are behaving in a different part of the world. In general, it is making research on human behavior to become easier and accurate.
How have views on your topic changed over time?
Various approaches throughout the history provide particular assumption about human behavior. Each perspective brings out something different to explain how human being have changed their behavior. The biological psychology is the only approach that believes our genetics and physiology influence human behavior. Therefore, it is used in psychology to examine feelings, thoughts, and behavior of the human. Indeed, it has three biological aspects which are, the physiological, the genetic and the comparative, that has helped to explain how human behavior has evolved over the history.
What conclusions can be reached, based on these studies and references?
The general ideology of biopsychology is that human behavior can be impacted by natural physiological processes that take place within the brain. Indeed, these studies have shown that behavior and biology are inextricably intertwined and closely linked to comparative psychology. Therefore, for a researcher to understand the influence on behavioral patterns of the human need to study brain itself and nervous system.
How have issues of ethics in biopsychology been viewed historically?
Over the years, an ethical guideline for research has been published by difference bodies, such as the British Psychological Society to help psychologists adhere to absolute moral principle and codes of conduct. Indeed, this has contributed to good ethical standard practices in biopsychology research to protect participant and has established a good reputation for psychologists. Consequently, this has mitigated most of the ethical issues that had been experienced in the past.
What gaps exist in these studies that could be addressed in future research?
The gap in the study that can be dealt with in future is to determine whether evolution has adequately explained the human behavior. According to the studies, evolutionary psychology has indicated that natural occurrences are shaping human behavior. Therefore, the fundamental question that will be addressed will be on evolution.
Based on your topic selection and initial resources, what is your research question?
“Does Evolution Explain Human Behavior?” PLEASE, I need a better research question! My teacher didn’t like this one.