Stress Questions for the Sapolsky Video, Anderson Cooper Video and the Art of Now Article
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Stress Questions for the Sapolsky Video, Anderson Cooper Video and the Art of Now Article
The Sapolsky Stress-National Geographic video is on ANGEL, in the library under Galileo or on Youtube and can also be streamed on Netflix… If you do not have a Netflix account, it can be accessed for free at:
http://digital.films.com/PortalSearch.aspx?&%20stress OR on YouTube…
Art of Now- Psychology Today article:
Anderson Cooper/60 Minutes: Mindfulness video
In response to reading the necessary articles and viewing the videos, write your answers to the following. You may find it beneficial to read the questions carefully before watching, and make notes as you watch… It will likely be helpful to watch the film in segments, pause, reflect and answer. Your responses will be judged on the QUALITY of your answers rather than just quantity. Be clear and concise. You are not limited to a specific number of words. Some questions will be answered directly from the video, but some will require you to give your personal reflections and opinions. You will submit your assignment on paper… In lab.
Sapolsky Stress Video
Introduction
1. List any three specific effects that stress can have on the body and brain.
2. What two hormones are central to the stress response? (or, the “backbones of the stress response” as Sapolsky calls them)
3. Briefly describe what happens while the stress response is on.
4. What was the condition first attributed to stress according to the video?
The Whitehall Study
5. What is the relationship between social status (hierarchy) and stress levels …What did the Whitehall study show about people in the lower end of the social hierarchy?
6. Thinking Beyond the Video: In reflecting on the results of the Whitehall study, consider the effects of poverty (lower social status) and physical health. How does this study affect your thinking about the health of children born into poverty?
Macaque Artery Study
7. In regards to Carol Schively’s research on stress… What 2 chronic diseases or conditions does Dr. Shively refer to or show as she mentions stresses effects on the body?
Stress and the Brain
8. Describe the effects of stress in the research on rats. Be specific in describing the part of the brain affected, its functions, and the difference between chronic stress.
9. What was Dr. McEwen’s comment of what chronic stress does to the brain?
Stress and Reproduction
10. Summarize the effects of the Dutch Hunger Winter on the children who were conceived during this famine?
11. Thinking Beyond the Video: What are the implications of how fetuses are affected in utero by stress?
12. Who was the doctor explaining the role of telomeres…, What are telomeres and what is their function? What are the effects of chronic stress on our DNA?
13. How can social networking with peers alter the effects of stress on our DNA? (in your answer, consider the research on the mothers with chronically disabled children)
Robert Sapolsky’s Baboon Research
14. Sapolsky describes his work with a troop of baboons called the Keekorok Troop. Which baboons died and what happened to them?
15. Describe the change in the culture of the Keekorok Troop following the deaths of the alpha males. Specifically, what were the physiological changes in the renewed troop culture?
16. Additional Research: Earlier in the video, Carol Schivley says, “we don’t value stress-reduction.” Hopefully, after viewing the video, you better understand how stress affects more than your mind. It affects your body, literally taking years off of your life. Hopefully, you see the value of stress reduction. Take a few minutes and do an internet search of “stress reduction.”
Personal Reflection:
17. Based on your research, summarize 3 ways you think would be the most practical and effective for you to reduce stress in your life. If you already have a stress-reduction regimen, describe what works for you and why.
Thinking Beyond the Video: Using your own personal experience write about how stress has affected your life and/or the lives of people you know. Write about one of these scenarios describing:
What was the stressor?
Why was it causing stress?
What were the psychological (mental) and physiological (physical) signs of stress?
What coping mechanisms were (or should have been used) to deal with the stress? – Try to incorporate information from the videos & article in your writing. This should be a single, well-written and articulate paragraph.
Anderson Cooper Mindfulness Video
18. Who is Jon Kabot Zinn?
19. According to Zinn… Mindfulness is not a doing, it’s a… in fact if it becomes a burden then don’t do it, because you’re missing the point!
20. What specific part of the brain was mentioned to be involved with Mindfulness?
21. What is Mindfulness? Based on your research, explain it’s benefits…
22. At the end of the video Anderson learns that “we” (you & me) are addicted to our technology (smartphones)… What is the hormone of addiction and the reward pathway? (search it in the powerpoint or web)
The Art of Now (article)
23. What are the 6 steps?
24. What does the article mention to be the key to focusing on the present moment and centering oneself or achieving “mindfulness?”
25. The point of this reading was mostly for you to read about living in the moment or the “Now?”
- Which of the 6 steps or tricks did you identify with most? Explain (in a long sentence or 2 or short paragraph)
Bonus: FINALLY… What are your thoughts, feelings or comments after reading this assignment?
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