ARTICLE REVIEW 2
The purpose of this week’s article review essay is to help you demonstrate your understanding of the biochemistry underlying love and attachments.
While your Discussion reveals some key psychological models of love, here we begin to focus on the roles of hormones, neurotransmitters, and peptides that allow you to lust, attract, attach and love others.
What’s going on inside of you and why does it change? Let’s begin by reading these two articles:
Articles (use these exact citations in your references list)
Love, Actually: The science behind lust, attraction, and companionship. (2020, June 19).
Science in the News. Retrieved September 24, 2022, from https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/love-actually-science-behind-lust-attraction-companionship/Links to an external site.
Carter, C. S., & Porges, S. W. (2013, November 27). The biochemistry of love: an oxytocin hypothesis. EMBO Reports, 14(1), 12–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/embor.2012.191Links to an external site.
Essay: Demonstrate your understanding of the biochemistry of love by answering these questions below:
Explain the top five most important points revealed in Love, Actually: The Science Behind Lust, Attraction, and Companionship (2020) article.
Explain the top five most important points revealed in the Carter & Porges (2013) article.
What are your biggest takeaways about the role of biochemical processes when you think about your past or current experiences with falling in love (and out of love) and attaching to a partner?
Format – 30%
The essay submitted is at 3-4 double-spaced pages and includes an essay introduction, content, and conclusion.
Use 12-point type font, cover page, can relist the questions as subheadings and responses,
Use APA in-text citations and APA style references. https://www.scribbr.com/citation/generator/apa/Links to an external site.
Title Page – Name, Article Review 2, SOC3305
Introduction What is the purpose of the exercise? How is this short essay organized?
Content – Address the questions in the Article Review and share your research results and comparative analysis.
Conclusion – Recap key points, and describe what you learned or discovered as a result of completing this learning activity?
References
Content – 50%
Adequately addresses each question using text and other resources or personal examples.
Professional Writing – 10%
Submits a clear academic English essay with proper spelling and grammar. Recommend using the editing feature in WORD or Grammarly prior to submission.
Timely Submission – 10%
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