SOC243H1 Lecture Notes - Neuroplasticity
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The environmental affordances model: a research example: mental health is less prevalence in blacks than white, and with physical illness there is more prevalence in blacks than whites, these patterns are not temporary but seem to be persistent overtime, race differences occur because blacks and white are exposed to different stresses, environmental differences cause different levels/approaches to dealing with stress, low income settings, white"s are more similar to blacks, poor health behaviors (alcohol, drug and tobacco use) function in the short term to deal with stress (more effectively for blacks than whites, moderation: buffers vs. potentiators . ) can moderate by potentiating the (negative or positive) effects of stressors, health behaviors (etc. ) on health: childhood adversity and chronic diseases later in life: correctional evidence, correlational evidence: correlations of adult illnesses with retrospective reports of childhood stress(cid:224) what are the issues, accuracy of information on when things happened is more problematic than accuracy of information on whether event occurred, ex.
