{"id":3415,"date":"2025-10-19T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/?p=3415"},"modified":"2025-10-19T14:59:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:59:24","slug":"course-connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/2025\/10\/19\/course-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection 1: Course Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the other courses I\u2019m taking this semester is Biological Basis of Behavior, a psychology class. I\u2019ve noticed that several topics we’ve covered in biochemistry parallel those in psychology, which has made both classes more engaging for me. For instance, earlier in the semester we studied neurotransmitters and, more recently, hormones, both of which also came up in biochemistry. What I find most interesting is how each course approaches the same subject from a different angle and level of depth. In psychology, we recently discussed metabolism. One slide stated simply: \u201cInsulin takes sugar from the bloodstream and stores it as glycogen in the liver and muscle.\u201d It was funny to me because I knew from biochemistry that this process is far more complex. Insulin doesn\u2019t directly “store” sugar, it\u2019s a hormone that signals target cells to take up glucose, triggering a cascade of reactions that ultimately synthesize glycogen. Because of what I\u2019ve learned in biochemistry, I understood the detailed mechanism behind that simple slide. This experience highlighted for me how valuable it is to study a topic from multiple perspectives. It deepened my appreciation for both courses and allowed me to think about how the systems we study overlap.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the other courses I\u2019m taking this semester is Biological Basis of Behavior, a psychology class. I\u2019ve noticed that several topics we’ve covered in biochemistry parallel those in psychology, which has made both classes more engaging for me. For … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18665,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[349081],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3417,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3415\/revisions\/3417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/bc362\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}