Biological Influences of Psychology

“Biological Influences of Psychology”

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A Discussion of Experiments5

Biological Influences of Psychology with

Application of Critical Thinking Experimentation

A Discussion of Experiments

Biology is the scientific study of life in all its forms, from plants to animals, other living things and other mechanisms that are associated with life: while Psychology is the scientific study of the workings of the mind, behavior and other mental processes. Biology and Psychology are essentially intertwined because they overlap each other as one is integrated with the other. Since Psychology is primarily concerned with the mind and the mind is a chemical process operating in the brain, Biology therefore overlaps Psychology because the brain is an integral part of the human anatomy which is studied in Biology. This means that the actions of the mind are controlled by the tangible world --- the brain. Biology and Psychology are also intimately related in the area of sensation and perception, the first being a part of Biology and the latter a part of Psychology. These two play complimentary roles in the identification of information to be processed. Initially, sensation comes first in the process of touch, taste, sight, sound and smell. The information received is then processed in the brain as raw data, where perception intercepts and provides meaning to the data received in the brain.

To fully explain the relationship and influence of Biology on Psychology, here are a few experiments. Consider a glass of sugar water and a glass of plain water. If I were to drink from the glass containing sugar water first, then swish it inside my mouth for several seconds and then drink from the glass containing plain water, my perception of the contents of the second glass will be altered because of the relationship of perception to sensation. Before a person can perceive an object or material to be rough, sweet,...