Assignment – 1 page – Apa
Begin by reviewing the
full details for the Perspective Paper
, (see below)
Once you’ve decided on a topic, submit a Word document through this assignment. Include the topic of your paper and a brief explanation of the topic..
Submitting your topic at this point in the term will help you begin thinking about the final paper early and receive feedback about your topic.
Perspective paper details ( This is for review for the above assisnment)
Submit a paper that clearly communicates a focused direction of research on the impact
stressors have on the brain and behavior. When building your current perspective, be sure to carefully consider if the stressor you describe is in the realm of
chronic stress or a
single episode of stress. In other words, are you thinking about a form of stress that, when experienced over a long time, significantly impacts on a person’s emotions, cognitive functions, and behavioral responses? Or are you going to discuss the impact of a single experience that may carry forward consequences on emotional processing, cognitions, and behaviors?
To begin, try to clearly imagine your focus as being on something specific, like
Today’s Current Understanding of Chronic Stress on Human Health, or you could be even more specific in your approach by addressing something along the lines of
Today’s Current Understanding of the Impacts of Daily Stress
in a Difficult Work Environment
. These are just examples that you might consider, but feel free to explore anything! There are lots of stress-related disorders, stressor impacts on heath, and there are positive effects of stress you might wish to consider too!
Content
In your paper, you will explore a brain function that contributes to vulnerability to stress and its connection to a specific emotional, cognitive, or behavioral outcome. Feel free to discuss how your interpretation of stress is relevant to our daily social life and mental health. Be sure to include a clear discussion of how this brain function relates to any of the brain areas we have studied in this course.
When discussing the latest research related to your topic of stress, you should try to include:
· prominent cellular or structural endpoints in the brain (like the expression of genes, proteins, or release of hormones and neurotransmitters),
· the contributions of specific brain areas,
· physiological systems that are affected by the actions produced in brain,
· any behaviors associated with the syndrome,
· and any research techniques that enable us to draw direct connections between stress-induced changes in brain and behavior.
