PSYC 3684 Lecture 4: week 2-Fri

• School: CU-Boulder
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3684
• Professor: Chelsea Pierott

Document Summary

As time goes through, the microsystem will shift: mesosystem. Local institutions with no direct contact (but will have impact children) Ex: parents" works, like work moving: macrosystem. *increased risk of medical and psychological disorders and mortality in childhood and adulthood. *evans (2004)---accumulated exposure both physical and social environment within both home and neighborhood. * early, chronic exposure to stress has long-term effects. *dysregulation of the stress response system during brain development results in permanent changes in brain structure and function (the area of the brain doesn"t have much connection in between compare to normal brain) *method: surveyed high income, suburban and low income, inner city youth; self-report questionnaires regarding drug use, depression and anxiety (survey administered at school) *affluent youth are more distressed (higher rates of substance use, depression and anxiety than low-income and normative samples; negative affect substance use ) --access to prescription drugs rather than cheap weeds ; --more anxiety for lots of thing rather than surviving staff;