PSY354H5 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
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What do hormones do: regular variety aspects of our behaviour (how hungry and thirsty we are) Berthold"s experiment demonstrated the important of hormones for behaviours: castration of men, described their behaviour as different, bethold noted that him he took chickens he could characterize traits that were. It was believed that the testes was in control of behaviour in men different from females. If he took a young chick and removed its testes, it would grow into an adult male was different from others. In adult hood, testosterone shapes certain behaviours, sexual response, erections: this influences sexual behaviour, we know this because males that have been castrated have decreased sexual behaviour, key functions is promoting tissue growth, healing agent. The effects of androgens on females: masculinization, there is a misunderstanding there is male and female sex hormones, however both exist in each gender. The quantity just differs: we know that testosterone in females can influence sexual desires and behaviours.
