Homework Monday 7/6/2020
Homework Topic: Stress
Journal on each video reflecting on what you learned.
Video 1: How stress affects your body - Sharon Horesh Bergquist
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-stress-affects-your-body-sharon-horesh-bergquist
Our hard-wired stress response is designed to give us the quick burst of heightened alertness and energy needed to perform our best. But stress isn’t all good. When activated too long or too often, stress can damage virtually every part of our body. Sharon Horesh Bergquist gives us a look at what goes on inside our body when we are chronically stressed.
Journal Prompt: What does your body do when you are stressed
Video 2: How stress affects your brain - Madhumita Murgia
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-stress-affects-your-brain-madhumita-murgia
Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you’re playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it’s continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. Madhumita Murgia shows how chronic stress can affect brain size, its structure, and how it functions, right down to the level of your genes.
Journal Prompt: When have you experienced good stress?
Our hard-wired stress response is designed to give us the quick burst of heightened alertness and energy needed to perform our best. But stress isn’t all good. When activated too long or too often, stress can damage virtually every part of our body. Sharon Horesh Bergquist gives us a look at what goes on inside our body when we are chronically stressed.
Journal Prompt: What does your body do when you are stressed
Video 2: How stress affects your brain - Madhumita Murgia
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-stress-affects-your-brain-madhumita-murgia
Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you’re playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it’s continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. Madhumita Murgia shows how chronic stress can affect brain size, its structure, and how it functions, right down to the level of your genes.
Journal Prompt: When have you experienced good stress?
Video 3: The surprising link between stress and memory - Elizabeth Cox
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surprising-link-between-stress-and-memory-elizabeth-cox
You spend weeks studying for an important test. On the big day, you wait nervously as your teacher hands it out. You’re working your way through when you’re asked to define "ataraxia." You know you’ve seen the word before, but your mind goes blank. What just happened? Elizabeth Cox details the complex relationship between stress and memory.
You spend weeks studying for an important test. On the big day, you wait nervously as your teacher hands it out. You’re working your way through when you’re asked to define "ataraxia." You know you’ve seen the word before, but your mind goes blank. What just happened? Elizabeth Cox details the complex relationship between stress and memory.
Journal Prompt: How has your memory been impacted by stress?
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