Reflection on the Application of the Levels of Analysis Framework

This essay reflects on the levels of analysis framework in understanding human behavior, discussing the biological, psychological, and socio-environmental levels. The student explores how these frameworks apply to their personal learning experiences after a gap year, highlighting the challenges of returning to university and the positive impacts of social interaction, exercise, and improved sleep patterns. The essay emphasizes the importance of each level in shaping behavior, including the role of brain processes, internal factors like emotions, and external factors like social groups. The reflection demonstrates how the framework helps in recognizing earlier encounters that boost the behavior, and also how it helps in creating associations between brain and conduct. The essay also references Passer, Smith, and Norris (2016) to support its arguments.

Running head: REFLECTION 0
HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
APRIL 3, 2020
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REFLECTION 1
How does the level of analysis framework help to know about human behaviour?
There are three levels of analysis that are very helpful to develop knowledge that what mostly
influences the human beings. These three exclusive level of analysis are socio environmental
level of analysis, biological level of analysis as well as psychological level of analysis. I can see
that there are different benefits of these levels of analysis at different stages. I read that the level
of analysis framework make the lives of individuals easier or simpler. It can say that this
framework advances the lifecycle of human being to the great extent. The first level is biological
dimension of research. I found that with the help of biological level, one can evaluate the process
of brain of human being. In addition, this level is also helpful in controlling the conducts off
individual. The biological chemistry along with hormone are significant factors of the biological
level.
In addition, I also came to know that values, friend groups as well as different articles are
significant factors of the socio ecological level. It is clear that these elements of socio ecological
level are helpful to assist the individual. Subsequently, another level is psychological level of
analysis. I realized that the psychological level decides that what are the causes of conducts in
the internal functions or operations of character (Passer, Smith and Norris, 2016). The internal
factors are covered within this category of the level of analysis. I learned that these internal
factors are sentiments, reactions, daily routine along with inspiration. These factors of
psychological level put great impact on the behaviour of individual in significant as well as
important manner. In different settings, these biological level, psychological level along with
social ecological level helps to separate and get learning in respect of conduct of human. The
conducts due to biological level may include functions of hormone, genetic investigation and
biological elements.

REFLECTION 2
How does level of analysis framework apply to my experience of learning and studying?
It was challenging concern for me to join university and start learning their after the gap of one
tear. I realised that it was not easy for me to do study after so long. Due to mental exhaustion, my
mind was not set to start learning once again. I also did not prepare my schedule for the things of
daily life. When I had look over the calendar of timing and process of study, I got
discouragement as well as depression. I got demotivation. However, the society lectures had
changed my own perspectives. Because of the society lectures, I realized that I am capable to
change the feelings, emotions, as well as approach. I came to know that what I was supposed to
do and what was needed to do. I also did friendship with different people in the classroom after
joining the university. It was best feeling to share things as well as thoughts with new friends.
We decided to join the library. I went to the library with my friends. We solved the questions and
helps each others in the library. We preferred best place in the library. We reached there on time
to get best place. We also helped the person who missed something. It was also the great feeling
for us to help others. It gave us inner happiness along with satisfaction.
Besides, I wanted to improve my sleeping pattern or schedule. On Fridays, I would go for
walking in the evening. It was very relaxing to go to walk after finishing lectures. It was possible
because of my learning about the benefits of exercise. The reason is that I learned so much in my
class about the advantages of exercise along with good sleep. This routine helped me to stay fit
and healthy.
In this way, I felt that it was the impact of learning of social environmental level in my class. The
socio ecological level is also an important level because it helps to learn the impacts on the
behaviour of individual. Because of the lectures of social environmental level, it was easy for me
to make friends as well as become social. I also came to know that it was helpful to learn about

REFLECTION 3
the different levels of analysis framework. It is clear to me that the biological dimension helps in
creating association amid brain as well as conduct. I also realized that psychological dimension
makes impact on the review of recognition in the framework. By getting knowledge of the
psychological level, it can be easy for me to recognise earlier encounters that boost the
behaviour.

REFLECTION 4
References
Passer, MW, Smith, RE and Norris, K. (2016) 'The science of psychology', in T Griffin (ed.)
101557: The individual in society, 3rd edn, McGraw-Hill Australia, North Ryde, Australia, pp. 5-
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