PSY 7310 Capella University Biological Basis of Parental Behavior Paper

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PSY 7310

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Locate and read a recent, full-text article from the Capella library about the biological basis of parental behavior. Compare and contrast the neural structures and chemicals involved with maternal behavior with those involved with paternal behavior. How might these neural underpinnings relate to how men and women are socialized to care for their children? Reference your source in standard APA format.

Book: 

Carlson, N. R. (2014). Foundations of behavioral neuroscience (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.

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I.

According to Dulac, O’Connell, and Wu (2014), both male and female interaction with
their infants is highly influenced by the change of hormones in their bodies. The change
in progesterone, estrogen, and prolactin throughout pregnancy in females and the
decrease in testosterone levels in males during fatherhood regulate maternal and paternal
behavior respectively.

II.

The stimulation of paternal and maternal behavior is also influenced by the adjacent
ventral bed nucleus of stria terminalis (vBNST) (Dulac, O’Connell & Wu, 2014) and the
medial preoptic area (MPA) (Carlson, 2014; p. 235). Maternal behavior is influenced by
the dampening of putative inhibitory signals at parturition which originate fr...


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