PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Allostatic Load, American Medical Association, Supernanny

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 471
• Professor: Richard Koestner

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Growing up poor vs. rich: possible moivaional consequences. Possible moivaional because there is research on poverty and then wealthy environments but this does require making leaps and inferences. Also will contrast b and deci- both discuss development and parenthood but they emphasize diferent things. These recommendaions are useful for understanding youth in poverty vs. youth in wealth. Both have established a compelling theory of research but it was accidental. Surprising set of indings and then pursued it more. Farah is neurobiologists who has studied psychophysiological efects of poverty (brain funcioning, cogniive, and self) Luthar: typically compare low ses on middle class. Once, she could only ind a wealthy suburb as a control and expected the lower ses would be at disadvantage. But she found higher ses were higher on depression, anxiety and substance abuse: a reliable inding. Paricular vulnerabiliies for kids growing up in wealthy. Single parent (poverty oten related to parents spliing up)