PSYD33H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Allostatic Load, Allostasis, Homeostasis
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Week 5 lecture #5: monday january 30, 2017. Not an research essay; not trying to prove a point. Use reading to help develop tentative question. Task is to explore all the literatures and see whether it converges and contradicts and where there are gaps. Present this w/ a take home message. And organizing it in themes (e. g. , mri evidence in depression and inflammation, stress and immune system) Introduction; introduces topic, talk about scope and the thesis/take-home msg. Looking at the adults now and seeing a epigenetical patterns based on when they were born. W/i each theme, make a point that is relevant to the theme and research q. Impact of nurturing and attachment of early childhood can diminish some of that stress. E. g. , when you take rat pups from their mother for a long time, their mothers ignore them form of neglect. Genes changed by trauma and passed down.
