PSYC23H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Anterior Cingulate Cortex, Postpartum Depression, Biopower
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Regulating biology of social identity, pair bonding, health, and reproduction: how is our society regulating these at a macro level, evaluation of others. , biopower suggests that there is a biological force driving us to regulate. Life in the amazon rainforest (whitehall study: grouped people according to status hierarchy/ladder, there was no healthcare model thus, eliminated the hypothesis that those with, result: more money had better healthcare. Those higher up on the status ladder were healthier and lived longer: eliminated the economic factor, since ses didn"t exist. Political influence and stress: rated people according to political influence (and not ses, who was more likely to be listened to, result: Those with higher political influence, have less cortisol and thus, less stress: and vise-versa for lower political influence. Delayed marriage and parenting: there is delayed marriage and parenting due to women entering the work force, birth control, , recently this trend is leading towards younger parents (due to economic etc.