stereotyping and prejudice

Question 1

___________ are social and economic factors that relate to a persons “place” in society (think: social hierarchy)

Answer 1

social determinants of health

examples of factors:

• income and social status
• employment and working conditions
• education and literacy
• discrimination
• historical trauma

Question 2

experiences of __________ predict physiological and psychological stress, which lead to health problems

Answer 2

social stigma & marginalization

Question 3

from the film watched in class, what are the two stress hormones that Dr. Robert Sapolsky identifies?

Answer 3

• adrenaline (epinephrine)

- glucocorticoid

Question 4

from the film watched in class, what were the results of the whitehall study?

Answer 4

• 24,000 servants

- people with the least “decision latitude” in their jobs suffer the msot stress

Question 5

from the film, what does the dutch hunger study teach us about how stress is transmitted from one generation to the next?

Answer 5

• our bodies respond to famine like it responds to other stressors
• babies conceived during famine have increased risk of cardiovascular disease, poorer health, and increased responses to stress

Question 6

from the film, in a real accident, over half of the baboon colony Sapolsky was studying was wiped out by tuberculosis due to infected food. Which baboons were mostly wiped out and what happened to the colony?

Answer 6

• Half of the males in the troop died
• it wasn’t random who died, aggressive and antisocial baboons died
• the ones that survived were “good guys” (jerks died), high social affiliation

Question 7

What does Sapolsky’s Baboon research tell us about the changes in social structure and individual behaviour that could reduce stress?

Answer 7

• promote human flourishing

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