Biological Determinants By Neil Schneiderman Analysis

Stress is known to influence people’s mood, behavior, health, and sense of well-being. Young people tend to have stress that does not affect their health. However, as an individual gets older or is not in shape, stress can have long term health effects. There have been extensive studies done to prove that stress is related to the development of some lifelong diseases. Neil Schneiderman’s article “Stress and Health: Psychological, Behavioral, and Biological Determinants” explains how over time, stress can be harmful to an individual’s body. Using the Toulmin model, Schneiderman’s article is effective in that its claim is proven by using logos and ethos based support, has qualifiers and a rebuttal, but the article fails to provide an effective warrant. Schneiderman uses logical and emotional based research to support his claim of cause that overtime, the psychological, behavioral, and biologicals aspects of stress can be …show more content…
Everyone deals with stress at some point in their lives, but this does not mean the author can generalize an entire population. Schneiderman uses reliable studies, some using rats and monkeys, to prove his points about the effects of stress. Each study has thousands of people examined to make sure to get as much data and observation as possible. One study consisted of “13,006 patients in Denmark to prove that stressful life events are causal for the onset of depression” (ibid). But in this example, the patients are only from Denmark. It is inaccurate to assume everyone from every country responds to stress in the same way. Extensive research has been done on the facts and information provided in the article. We can assume Scheiderman has the sufficient backing to be true, but not for the entire population. Because of this, his warrant is not