PSY395H5 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bioaccumulation, Thymus
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The scientific study of the interaction between hormones and behaviour. Hormones can affect behaviour and behaviour can affect hormones. What does the endocrine system comprise of? (examples) Adrenal gland, pancreas, thymus, pituitary, thyroid, ovary, testicle, brain. Endocrine glands do not have ducts, where endocrine is relating to or denoting glands that secrete hormones or other products directly into the blood. Behaviour is first defined and then causation can be determined and documented in a way where someone new can describe it. An example question that is asked is what causes individual a to emit behaviour x rather than what is the relationship between hormones and behaviour . Explain the use of testosterone in lance armstrong. He used testosterone to build more muscle mass, he also used epo and glucocorticoids. It is released from the kidneys and stimulates red blood cell production in the bone marrow. Epo provides more red blood cells that can give muscles and tissues more oxygen.
