PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Minority Group, Cortisol, Prenatal Development
13 Jan 2017
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People of lower ses have an iq 10-15 points lower than those of middle class. That"s literally a standard deviation, which is a huge difference. We think it may have to do with nutrition, no proper nutrition not good myelination. People who live in poverty are subject to risk factors that accumulate and create so many risk factors that you are very unlikely to have grown well. Cumulative risk - number of risk factors and verbal iq. The more risk factors you have, the lower your. Risk factors are more likely to occur when you are poor. Maternal anxiety - mom"s do most of the bonding, any mental health problems that a mother has can affect her offspring. Being anxious can prevent you from being a good mom. Ex, may be overprotective because you"re anxious and therefore they can"t go out and learn. Being poor is related to bad health and anxiety.
