In this unit, you are learning more about the biological influences in psychology, as well as the genetic endowments that shape your behavior. In this discussion, you will consider how stress impacts you biologically, considering concepts such as genetic influences, nervous system activity, and hormonal influences.
Below is a peer-reviewed research article that provides some current scientific information in this area. As you review this article, please remember that these peer-reviewed research articles are dense and complex, but by looking through them, you can often pull some information out that makes sense to you. You may also refer to the Video: How to Read Scholarly Materials resource.
Kaubrys, M., Baker, M. R., Frazier, P. A., & Nguyen-Feng, V. N. (2021). Relations among daily stressors, childhood maltreatment, and sleep in college students. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 68(4), 489–500. https://doi-org.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/10.1037/c… (Supplemental)
Please respond to the following:
What do you think causes stress in college students’ lives? Describe any information that you were able to pull from the above peer-reviewed research article and how it could relate.
Based on your learning about biological influences in psychology, consider how these influences may impact or be impacted by this source of stress. Could heredity play a role in the experience of this stress?
Action potential can be a complex concept to explain. What does it mean to you after reading about it in Chapter 3?
In this unit, you are learning more about the biological influences in psycholog
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