Psychology unit 2

 Part 1

Unit - 2

             

              Biology of Behaviour

Body mind relationship

Behaviour that is elicited by a stimulus is known as response. Behaviour has cognitive, affective and conative components. The process or results of the unification of these components into a whole is called integrated response.

In psychology we study about human behaviour both body and mind. Body is represented by the physical states and bodily functions. Mental like strong feelings, emotions, attitude, motives, thinking,etc. Relationship between body and mind effect in health and illness. By knowing about the relationship between body and mind nurse should understand the patients physical and psychological problems. So nurse should try to understand patients feeling and she can achieve her goal easily.

Genetic behaviour

Heredity

It refers to the biological process of transmission of characteristic from parents to their children through genes.

The life cycle of an individual being with the fusion of sperm and ovum . The origin of human life can be traced to a single cell called zygote is produced. The genes , which are carries of distinctive traits are present both in the sperm and ovum.

Environment

The child inherits the traits and characteristics of his parents and forefathers through genes at the time of conception is all due to heredity. Environment is most important factors of human life and behaviour. If the mother is pregnant then everyone should try to give her a better and healthy environment because it affects both the mother and child. Environment play an important role in human life not only duration of pregnancy it also important after the delivery. Child learn everything from the environment.

Interaction between heredity and environment

Each individual enters in the world with certain heredity characteristic  transmitted to him through his parents . He grows up to him through his parents.He grows up in a certain environment with it's human, social and materials surroundings. Everything he does as a child or adult results from the complex interaction between heredity and environment.

Brain and Behaviour

1) The entire behaviour is effectively managed and controlled by the co-ordination and functioning of the nervous system.

2) The proper development of nervous tissue and nervous system helps in proper development of intellectual thinking.

3) The nervous system is composed of organs, particularly the brain, spinal cord, nervous and ganglia.