4. Health (KEY INFO)

Question 1

Traditionally, research on personality and physical health has focused on…

Answer 1

identifying disease prone personalities

Question 2

An important principle of the biopsychosocial model of health is that…

Answer 2

many factors other than the purely biochemical or somatic influence health and disease

Question 3

Early researchers on type A behaviour pattern argues that it is linked to…

Answer 3

cardiovascular disease by pathogenic neurophysiological mechanisms

Question 4

________ and _______ argued that much of the behaviour typical of type B personality can be described as __________ ________.

Answer 4

Rosenman
Friedman
appropriate autonomy

Question 5

Type A individuals often display a behavioural style typified by ‘_______’ (e.g. …) and ‘______’ (e.g. …)

Answer 5

‘anger-in’ (e.g. subtle behavioural expressions of anger in response to criticism)

‘hostility’ (e.g. unfriendly and cold)

Question 6

How Type A behaviour pattern is measured is important and the __________________ appears to be the most valid and reliable measure.

Answer 6

Structured Interview

Question 7

Type C personality is used to describe…

Answer 7

what has been referred to as the cancer prone personality

Question 8

Research on type D personality was developed to help understanding of…

Answer 8

how individuals respond to surgery, medications and other clinical outcomes, as well as patients’ help-seeking behaviours