{"id":5781,"date":"2017-08-01T02:20:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T02:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ibpsych.themantic-education.com\/?p=5781"},"modified":"2021-03-19T06:18:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T21:18:29","slug":"what-is-a-pheromone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2017\/08\/01\/what-is-a-pheromone\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a pheromone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13941\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.themantic-education.com\/collections\/chapters\/products\/ib-psychology-a-students-guide-chapter-5-love-marriage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13941\" class=\"wp-image-13941\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?resize=234%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?w=2461&amp;ssl=1 2461w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?resize=790%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 790w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?resize=768%2C995&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?resize=1185%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?resize=1580%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?resize=100%2C130&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?resize=906%2C1174&amp;ssl=1 906w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?resize=1200%2C1555&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/eBook-C5-cover.png?w=2358&amp;ssl=1 2358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Read more about pheromones in our eBook on Love and Marriage. This is designed for IB Psychology students studying &#8220;Personal relationships&#8221; for Paper 2.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>A pheromone\u00a0<\/b>is a chemical messenger that is passed from one individual to another which has an effect on the receiving individual. One technical definition offered for pheromones is that they are &#8220;&#8230;substances which are secreted to the outside by an individual and received by a second individual of the same species, in which they release a specific reaction, for example, a definite behaviour or a developmental process&#8221; (Verhaeghe et al., 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3987372\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>In the IB Psychology course, students should be able to explain how at least one pheromone influences human behaviour. They should also understand &#8220;the arguments for and against the influence of pheromones on human behaviour,&#8221; using one or more examples to support their points.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2019\/11\/19\/key-study-the-sweaty-t-shirt-study-wedekind-et-al-1995\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key Study: The Sweaty T-shirt Study (Wedekind et al. 1995)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2021\/01\/14\/all-saqs-in-just-22-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All SAQs in just 22 Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_5806\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5806\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5806\" src=\"https:\/\/101psychcom.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/08\/bigstock-154003463.jpg?resize=350%2C233\" alt=\"bigstock--154003463\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/bigstock-154003463.jpg?w=5760&amp;ssl=1 5760w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/bigstock-154003463.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/bigstock-154003463.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/bigstock-154003463.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/bigstock-154003463.jpg?w=1572&amp;ssl=1 1572w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/bigstock-154003463.jpg?w=2358&amp;ssl=1 2358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Androstadienone is released under the arms of men and studies have shown it has a stronger effect on females than it does on males.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Numerous animal studies can be used to show the evidence for the effects of pheromones on behaviour, which could be used in the biological HL extension.<\/p>\n<p>One study that I use to introduce the idea of androstadienone having an effect on attraction is Saxton et al.&#8217;s study during a speed dating event. You can read more in Topic 5.2 (b) (pp. 285-6) or you can download the full original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/5251226_Evidence_that_androstadienone_a_putative_human_chemosignal_modulates_women's_attributions_of_men's_attractiveness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One approach that we&#8217;ve taken in our unit on Love and Marriage is to use the study of pheromones as a possible factor that influences attraction (i.e. the formation of personal relationships). The particular pheromone we look at is <strong>androstadienone<\/strong>, which studies show could have an effect on female attraction towards males.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pheromone\u00a0is a chemical messenger that is passed from one individual to another which has an effect on the receiving individual. 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