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AP Psychology 1.2 Biological Bases of Behavior. Which part of the system will the doctor likely check first?
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- 00:04
And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by abnormalities [Man in a gym with his shirt off]
- 00:07
those abs or anything but normal yeah impressive alright here's our question..
- 00:11
Johnny is not growing at the rate that is expected of his age his parents
- 00:16
decide to take him to an endocrinologist to help figure out whether or not there
- 00:20
is an abnormality in his endocrine glandular system say that three times
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- 00:25
fast...Which part of the system will the doctor likely check first and here are our
- 00:29
potential answers.... Right all of our answers are part of the endocrine [Different parts of the endocrine glandular system]
- 00:35
glandular system the question is which one is specific to growth, well we can
- 00:41
tell you right now it's not A because the pancreas produces things like
- 00:44
insulin and other digestive enzymes if Johnny here were being angsty over some [Johnny clutching his stomach]
- 00:49
gallstones well maybe this would be our answer but he's writing sad songs about
- 00:52
his height instead.. ah, middle school.. And if Johnny's sad songs were about say
- 00:58
being hungry or tired maybe B would be our answer seeing as the hypothalamus is [Johnny in a living room and the doctor appears]
- 01:04
a portion of the brain that controls things like body temperature, hunger,
- 01:07
thirst and sleep.. not height. This isn't our answer and unless one of his songs
- 01:13
is called pain sorrow and high blood pressure then it's probably not the [Johnny writing a song]
- 01:16
adrenal glands which produce hormones that control blood pressure and stress
- 01:20
crucial yes but shorty they do not make and it's definitely not E because the
- 01:26
thyroid gland regulates the body's metabolic rate as well as heart and
- 01:30
digestive function so that leaves us with D the pituitary gland the ultimate [Pituitary gland highlighted on a diagram of the brain]
- 01:35
source of Johnny's woes, attached to the base of the brain the pea-sized gland is
- 01:39
crucial to controlling growth and development if you've got to write an
- 01:43
emo song Johnny write it about this guy or keep writing about how tragic your [Johnny writing a song about the pituitary gland and pours a bowl of cornflakes]
- 01:48
life is when you have too much milk and not enough cereal..it's like listening to the
- 01:52
next Adele album...
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