Psychology

Overview: For this assignment, you will prepare a PowerPoint presentation based on one of the topics presented this week: eating, sexual behavior, or sleep.
This assignment will serve as practice for the presentation you will submit as part of your final project. Use the Practice Presentation Template to complete this
assignment.
Prompt: After reading the assigned textbook chapters, prepare a PowerPoint presentation based on one of the topics presented in this module: eating, sexual
behavior, or sleep. There are multiple resources associated with each topic:
  Eating
o  MyPsychLab: Visual Brain: Hunger and Eating
This section of MyPsychLab’s Visual Brain will give you an overview of the different brain structures involved in eating and how they function to
regulate eating behavior. As you examine different areas of the brain, think of the role they might play in disordered eating.
o  Library Article: Does a Shared Neurobiology for Foods and Drugs of Abuse Contribute to Extremes of Food Ingestion in Anorexia and Bulimia
Nervosa?
This article examines the overlapping neural circuits for drugs of addiction and eating. As you read the article think about how this information could
be used to help solve social problems related to eating disorders.
o  Video: How Sugar Affects the Brain (5:03)
This five-minute video discusses how sugar affects dopamine in the brain. It also describes how eating certain foods can lead to changes in the brain
that are similar to addiction. As you watch the video, consider how sugar-related changes in the brain are similar to drug-related changes in the
brain.
  Sexual Behavior
o  Library Article: Minireview: Hormones and Human Sexual Orientation
This review examines the role of prenatal hormone exposure in the development of sexual orientation. The author looks at the role of genes and
hormones in homosexuality. Changes in brain structure as a result of hormonal influence are also discussed. As you read through the article, think
about how the studies described have helped to change opinions on homosexuality over time.

Overview: For this assignment, you will prepare a PowerPoint presentation based on one of the topics presented this week: eating, sexual behavior, or sleep.
This assignment will serve as practice for the presentation you will submit as part of your final project. Use the Practice Presentation Template to complete this
assignment.
Prompt: After reading the assigned textbook chapters, prepare a PowerPoint presentation based on one of the topics presented in this module: eating, sexual
behavior, or sleep. There are multiple resources associated with each topic:
  Eating
o  MyPsychLab: Visual Brain: Hunger and Eating
This section of MyPsychLab’s Visual Brain will give you an overview of the different brain structures involved in eating and how they function to
regulate eating behavior. As you examine different areas of the brain, think of the role they might play in disordered eating.
o  Library Article: Does a Shared Neurobiology for Foods and Drugs of Abuse Contribute to Extremes of Food Ingestion in Anorexia and Bulimia
Nervosa?
This article examines the overlapping neural circuits for drugs of addiction and eating. As you read the article think about how this information could
be used to help solve social problems related to eating disorders.
o  Video: How Sugar Affects the Brain (5:03)
This five-minute video discusses how sugar affects dopamine in the brain. It also describes how eating certain foods can lead to changes in the brain
that are similar to addiction. As you watch the video, consider how sugar-related changes in the brain are similar to drug-related changes in the
brain.
  Sexual Behavior
o  Library Article: Minireview: Hormones and Human Sexual Orientation
This review examines the role of prenatal hormone exposure in the development of sexual orientation. The author looks at the role of genes and
hormones in homosexuality. Changes in brain structure as a result of hormonal influence are also discussed. As you read through the article, think
about how the studies described have helped to change opinions on homosexuality over time.

Sleep
o  Slide 1: Before this week’s readings, what were your thoughts on sleep? How much sleep did you think people needed, and why did you think we
slept? Have your ideas changed as a result of what you have learned?
o  Slide 2: Describe how theories of sleep have evolved over time based on new research findings and technological advances in the field of
biopsychology.