Human Behavior: Influences on IQ, Personality Differences, and Severity of Mental Illness

Human Behavior

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Relationship between environmental and biological influences on IQ.......................................3
Differences in personality due to mental illness..........................................................................4
Severity of mental illness.............................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Human behavior is the response of individuals or groups of humans to internal and external
stimuli. It refers to the array of every physical action and observable emotion associated with
individuals, as well as the human race. A mental health disorder characterized by persistently
depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life. This
report includes topics such as influences on IQ by relationship between environmental and
biological factors. Differences in personality due to mental illness and severity of mental illness.
This report gives a brief analysis on the symptoms of the disorder, level of occurrence and
intensity of symptoms so that the condition of the patient can be assessed that whether or not it
can get better with time. This report gives a brief analysis of the severity of mental illness and
how it can affect the social and occupational events. All the aspects and theories are highlighted
which is done by the researchers in order to assess the condition or the impact of the illness on an
individual (Zipf, 2016).
Relationship between environmental and biological influences on IQ
Mental illness creates one of the most challenging problems related to health which is
faced by the society. Many of its cases is required to be treated in hospitals. This affects the
productivity in huge numbers and increase the cases of suicide (Denhardt and et.al., 2018). It has
been proven by the scientist that depression among people and the reduction in the level of IQ of
people is related to combination of genes and environmental factors. On the basis of many
research it has been stated that mental illness is related with biological aspects. Biology has
become more clearer which is the reason why depression in people can be understood in a more
precise manner. There are many number of circumstances which can lead to stress on the brain
of a person such as sexual abuse, victim to crime, going through a breakup. Also they believe
that circumstances or situations such as these leads to reactions which are primal. For instance
loosing a loved one or danger. This situation affects the mental condition of the person where
they cannot focus on anything but the situation and this affects their IQ as slowly they loose their
ability to perceive other things which requires intellectual thinking. Feelings which make people
think about loosing things is the state where they are in depressive condition. Other than this
when they feeling angry about something that stage lead to anxiety disorder. It does not matter if
this factor works as an individual or in combination it makes an interaction with the vulnerability