I’m having real difficulties with my psychology coursework for my A levels.
I’m falling behind because I can’t find the infor mation that I need. I’m researching on oxytocin, I know its a weird topic but I didnt have alot of choice. One psychologist I researching, I coundn’t find any of her experiments or the years of them, she was called helen fisher I think. And I found Susan Carter and started to try to use her instead as finding her work looked more promising, I’ve found abit of info, but need the specific year and experiment which Is really difficult to find. I found some writing about one of her experiments, but I need to know the specific details of it. This is the experimental info I want to find out about,
“The groundbreaking work on oxytocin’s role in the brain was done by C. Sue Carter, then at the University of Maryland in College Park. She studied two closely related species of vole - prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and montane voles (Microtus montanus) - which differ primarily in their reproductive behaviour. Prairie voles form long-lasting pair bonds to rear young whereas montane voles mate promiscuously and fathers do not contribute to parenting.
Carter discovered that the key to the different behaviours was oxytocin. Female prairie voles have many oxytocin receptors in their brains’ pleasure centres, while the males have lots of receptors for both oxytocin and a closely related hormone, vasopressin. In montane voles, however, there are far fewer receptors for oxytocin and vasopressin. When these receptors are blocked in prairie voles the animals do not form the usual pair bonds. Carter concluded that oxytocin released in the brain during mating bonds prairie voles to one other, making further contact with that partner pleasurable and separation stressful (Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol 23, p 779).
could anyone find out about this??? PLEASE lol my second draft should have been in last wed. which Im still not finished with now, I’m stuck. I’ve changed mine so much its more like a first draft. I need help. I’ve tried for hours on end to find this out but just cant.its like a giant loop hole. Please help. i’ve honestlytried for hours. She wants it in for tomorrow or friday
If you find out where the experiment can be found, would you put the website address down please. its 20past 1 am im still doing this, sigh…
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I’m having real difficulties with my psychology coursework for my A levels. I’m falling behind because I can’t find the infor mation that I need. I’m researching on oxytocin, I know its a weird topic but I didnt have alot of choice. One researcher I searcher I coundn’t find any of her experiments or the years of them, she was called helen fisher I think. And I found Susan Carter, I’ve found abit of info, but need the specific year and experiment which Is really difficult to find. I found some writing about one of her experiments, but I need to know the specific details of it. This is the experimental info I want to find out about,
“The groundbreaking work on oxytocin’s role in the brain was done by C. Sue Carter, then at the University of Maryland in College Park. She studied two closely related species of vole - prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster) and montane voles (Microtus montanus) - which differ primarily in their reproductive behaviour. Prairie voles form long-lasting pair bonds to rear young whereas montane voles mate promiscuously and fathers do not contribute to parenting.
Carter discovered that the key to the different behaviours was oxytocin. Female prairie voles have many oxytocin receptors in their brains’ pleasure centres, while the males have lots of receptors for both oxytocin and a closely related hormone, vasopressin. In montane voles, however, there are far fewer receptors for oxytocin and vasopressin. When these receptors are blocked in prairie voles the animals do not form the usual pair bonds. Carter concluded that oxytocin released in the brain during mating bonds prairie voles to one other, making further contact with that partner pleasurable and separation stressful (Psychoneuroendocrinology, vol 23, p 779).
could anyone find out about this??? PLEASE lol my second draft should have been in last wed. which Im still not finished with now, I’m stuck. I’ve changed mine so much its more like a first draft. I need help. I’ve tried for hours on end to find this out but just cant.its like a giant loop hole. Please help. i’ve honestlytried for hours. She wants it in for tomorrow or friday
If you find out where the experiment can be found, would you put the website address down please. its 20past 1 am im still doing this, sigh…
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