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Worksheet answers to 16 questions and link to the documentary; Stress: Portrait of a Killer Worksheet
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They are being stressed by social and psychological tumult invented by their own species.
From each baboon blood sample, Sapolsky measured levels of hormones central to the stress response.
By not turning off the “off switch” we wallow in a corrosive bath of hormones. Humans will hyperventilate; heart rate will increase, muscles tense, and all these stress responses are more damaging than the stressor itself.
A stressed, unhealthy baboon in a typical troop with high blood pressure, elevated levels of stress hormones, an immune system that doesn’t work as well, and your reproductive system is more vulnerable to being knocked out of whack. The brain chemistry is one that has some similarity to clinically depressed humans and all that stuff are not predictors of a hale and hearty old age.
They are good to study when considering stress because every job is ranked in a precise hierarchy, which will help make a link between rank and stress.
The lower they were in the hierarchy the higher the risk of heart disease and other diseases. Your position in the hierarchy intimately relates to your risk of disease and length of life.
Shively discovered stress increases blood pressure, which would damage arteries walls making them repositories for plaque. She also discovered social and psychological stress restricts blood flow, jeopardizing our health and can lead to heart attacks.
If one lives in a location where less is demanded from them, they will have a higher life expectancy as a result of being less stressed out. The freedom will take some of the pressures away from someone who lives in a potentially a more populated area where they would be lower in the social hierarchy.