Biological Approach - Hormones and Pheremones

Chemical substance

________ produced and released into the environment by an animal.

verbal declarative memory

Aim: to determine if a high level of the stress hormone, cortisol, has an effect on ________.

aim

to determine if a high level of the stress hormone, cortisol, has an effect on verbal declarative memory

participants

employees or students at a medical centre and they were given a clinical interview with a physician to ensure that they could participate in the study

first group

received a high level of cortisol of 160mg

second group

received a lower dose of cortisol of 40mg

third group

received a placebo

first test

determined that there was no significant difference, as expected

second test

showed that participants with the higher dose of cortisol achieved a lower score than those who received a placebo

aim

to determine if the pheromone ‘AND influenced human sexual behaviour