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Personality Development: TOPIC: Biological Determinants of Personality: Heredity, Endocrine Glands
Personality Development: TOPIC: Biological Determinants of Personality: Heredity, Endocrine Glands
Personality Development: TOPIC: Biological Determinants of Personality: Heredity, Endocrine Glands
PANCREAS
It is situated just below stomach.
It secretes two types of hormones: 1. Insulin 2. Glucagon.
Insulin controls quantity of sugar in blood.
Hypo secretion of insulin results in higher quantities of sugar in blood
which leads to diabetes.
Hyper secretion results in lowered quantities of sugar which leads to
condition called Hypoglycemia .
Victims of Hypoglycemia appear anxiety ridden, they experience illusions
and hallucinations.
SEX GLANDS
FEMALE SEX GLANDS - OVARIES MALE SEX GLANDS - TESTICLES
Psychologists consider that a person with more intricate and urbanized nervous
system has greater level of intellectual capabilities and are more able to adjust
with different situations.
Such individuals are viewed favorably through others and are praised for their
personality traits.
All our higher mental processes are controlled and regulated through cortex.
Greater the number of convulsions in the cortex the more urbanized it is.
So, people with urbanized nervous system are more intelligent.