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MCAT Lecture 02 - Relationships & Behavior

MCAT Lecture 02 - Relationships & Behavior

This is the first of five lectures for my MCAT review course at Saint Louis University. More details are available at https://chris-prener.github.io/mcat

Christopher Prener

January 23, 2018
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  1. AGENDA MCAT PREP / SESSION 01 / LECTURE 02 1.

    Learning 2. Behavior in Social Context 3. Socialization 4. Discrimination
  2. 2. BEHAVIOR IN SOCIAL CONTEXT ▸ 28 year old resident

    of Kew Gardens, Queens in New York City ▸ Stabbed to death and raped on March 13th, 1964 ▸ The “myth” of her death surrounds neighborhoods alleged indifference to hear screams for help ▸ Winston Mosley convicted in her death; he recently died in prison BYSTANDER EFFECT KITTY GENOVESE
  3. 2. BEHAVIOR IN SOCIAL CONTEXT ▸ 28 year old resident

    of Kew Gardens, Queens in New York City ▸ Stabbed to death and raped on March 13th, 1964 ▸ The “myth” of her death surrounds neighborhoods alleged indifference to hear screams for help ▸ Winston Mosley convicted in her death; he recently died in prison BYSTANDER EFFECT WINSTON MOSLEY
  4. 3. SOCIALIZATION ▸ Anomie borrowed from Durkheim - when norms

    break down due to rapid change ▸ Culture can create deviance and discord ▸ Deviance is response to (perceived) inability to meet society’s goals or access means to achieve those goals ANOMIE (STRAIN THEORY) ROBERT MERTON
  5. 3. SOCIALIZATION AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS & HEALTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS ARE LESS

    LIKELY TO HAVE “FAIR” OR “POOR” SELF-RATED HEALTH THAN ANY OTHER PEER GROUP
  6. 3. SOCIALIZATION ▸ … lower rates of hypertension than American-born

    peers (Hyman et al. 2000) ▸ … lower rates of organ damage due to hypertension than American-born peers (Hicks et al. 2003) ▸ … a different pattern of stroke mortality than American-born peers - no “stroke belt” for immigrants (Lanska 1997) AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS & HEALTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS HAVE, ON AVERAGE, …
  7. 3. SOCIALIZATION ▸ … take on the health profile of

    their native-born peers (Gee et al. 2004): ▸ … an increased risk of heart disease (Koya and Egede 2007), ▸ … increased tobacco usage (Bennett et al. 2008), ▸ … and increased rates of obesity (Bennett et al. 2007). ACCULTURATION & HEALTH THE LONGER THEY LIVE IN A NEW COUNTRY, THE MORE IMMIGRANTS…