1 for specific request mail
Hormones and Behavior Exam 1 Questions and
Correct Answers | Latest Update
what hormone groups will we focus on?
Ans: steroid and protein (vast majority) hormones
examples of everyday hormones
Ans: - liquid trust (has oxytocin - love hormone)
- LowT (can help boost testosterone potentially and help with
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hypogonadism)
- anabolic (build) steroids: for muscle growth
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- birth control
- pheromones to buy
2026
- UVB light causes sexual changes and boosts
behavioral endocrinology def
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Ans: scientific study of the interaction between hormones and behavior
(in all organisms)
how is BE interdisciplinary
Ans: • Biology (Animal Behavior, Genetics, Anatomy and
Physiology,Molecular and Cell Biology, Ethology, Behavioral
Ecology,Neuroscience, etc.)
• Psychology (Biopsychology/Psychobiology, Developmental,Cognitive,
and Comparative Psychology, Psychiatry, etc.)
Comparative aspect of BE
Ans: • Model systems- Rodents, primates, birds, fish, reptiles, insects
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comparisons help us to understand better (we use rodents the most to do
so cause legality of using humans is much tighter)
'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution'
Can hormones influence behavior? examples of the conflicting effects of
hormones
Ans: Jose Canseco: great at baseball from taking steroids, but also had
aggression issues possibly from taking steroids
• Is there a connection between anabolic steroids and athletic
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performance?
• Is there a connection between anabolic steroids and violent behavior?
Guru01 - Stuvia
Both questions can be explored by behavioral endocrinologists
Other questions addressed by behavioral endocrinologists (do not need
to memorize)
2026
Ans: • What makes animals male or female?
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• Why do men commit more violent crimes than women?
• Is homosexuality caused by hormone concentrations?
• Do males and females have different sex 'drives'?
• Does sex drive change in people as they age?
• Does stress improve or impair memory?
• Can melatonin cure jet lag?
• Can hormones be used to curb food intake?
• Does postpartum depression really exist?
• Do seasonal cycles of depression occur in people?
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hormones and causation
Ans: behaviors are not caused by hormones, instead hormones cause
behaviors to more likely happen in certain contexts
What is behavior? two defs and explain the flaws of the defs
Ans: - an action carried out by effectors (often muscles) under control
ofthe nervous (or endocrine) system in response to a stimulus
* problem is that a behavior can also be an inaction (ex. breathing)
.- the coordinated responses of whole living organisms to internal and/or
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external stimuli
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*Overall, a behavior is what animals do
Question posed when studying behavior
Ans: What causes animal A to emit behavior X?
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Tinbergen's 4 questions of behavior (approaches) list them
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Ans: Mechanistic, developmental, survival value, and
evolutionary/phylogenetic
Mechanistic
Ans: Mechanism (immediate causation): What stimuluselicits the
behavior, and what physiological mechanismsmediate the response?
Developmental
Ans: Ontogeny (development): How does the animal's experience during
growth and development influence the response?
Survival Value
Ans: Adaptation (adaptive function): How does the behavior aid survival
and reproduction?
Hormones and Behavior Exam 1 Questions and
Correct Answers | Latest Update
what hormone groups will we focus on?
Ans: steroid and protein (vast majority) hormones
examples of everyday hormones
Ans: - liquid trust (has oxytocin - love hormone)
- LowT (can help boost testosterone potentially and help with
Assignment Expert
hypogonadism)
- anabolic (build) steroids: for muscle growth
Guru01 - Stuvia
- birth control
- pheromones to buy
2026
- UVB light causes sexual changes and boosts
behavioral endocrinology def
©
Ans: scientific study of the interaction between hormones and behavior
(in all organisms)
how is BE interdisciplinary
Ans: • Biology (Animal Behavior, Genetics, Anatomy and
Physiology,Molecular and Cell Biology, Ethology, Behavioral
Ecology,Neuroscience, etc.)
• Psychology (Biopsychology/Psychobiology, Developmental,Cognitive,
and Comparative Psychology, Psychiatry, etc.)
Comparative aspect of BE
Ans: • Model systems- Rodents, primates, birds, fish, reptiles, insects
, 2 for specific request mail
comparisons help us to understand better (we use rodents the most to do
so cause legality of using humans is much tighter)
'Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution'
Can hormones influence behavior? examples of the conflicting effects of
hormones
Ans: Jose Canseco: great at baseball from taking steroids, but also had
aggression issues possibly from taking steroids
• Is there a connection between anabolic steroids and athletic
Assignment Expert
performance?
• Is there a connection between anabolic steroids and violent behavior?
Guru01 - Stuvia
Both questions can be explored by behavioral endocrinologists
Other questions addressed by behavioral endocrinologists (do not need
to memorize)
2026
Ans: • What makes animals male or female?
©
• Why do men commit more violent crimes than women?
• Is homosexuality caused by hormone concentrations?
• Do males and females have different sex 'drives'?
• Does sex drive change in people as they age?
• Does stress improve or impair memory?
• Can melatonin cure jet lag?
• Can hormones be used to curb food intake?
• Does postpartum depression really exist?
• Do seasonal cycles of depression occur in people?
, 3 for specific request mail
hormones and causation
Ans: behaviors are not caused by hormones, instead hormones cause
behaviors to more likely happen in certain contexts
What is behavior? two defs and explain the flaws of the defs
Ans: - an action carried out by effectors (often muscles) under control
ofthe nervous (or endocrine) system in response to a stimulus
* problem is that a behavior can also be an inaction (ex. breathing)
.- the coordinated responses of whole living organisms to internal and/or
Assignment Expert
external stimuli
Guru01 - Stuvia
*Overall, a behavior is what animals do
Question posed when studying behavior
Ans: What causes animal A to emit behavior X?
2026
Tinbergen's 4 questions of behavior (approaches) list them
©
Ans: Mechanistic, developmental, survival value, and
evolutionary/phylogenetic
Mechanistic
Ans: Mechanism (immediate causation): What stimuluselicits the
behavior, and what physiological mechanismsmediate the response?
Developmental
Ans: Ontogeny (development): How does the animal's experience during
growth and development influence the response?
Survival Value
Ans: Adaptation (adaptive function): How does the behavior aid survival
and reproduction?
