Individual Differences - Personality Type Evaluation Flashcards
What are the four areas of evaulation for personality type?
Supporting evidence, conflicting evidence, gender+cultural bias and the role of hostility
Who wrote the supporting evidence for personality type?
Friedman et al (1975)
What did Friedman et al (1975) find in his study?
He found that when given an impossible puzzle to complete in a noisy room , type-A personalities were visibly more stressed (confirmed by an increase in levels of adrenaline) in comparison to type B personalities
What does Friedman et al’s (1975) research suggest and support?
It suggests that Type A personalities suffer more from stress, which supports claims of different personality types responding to stress differently
What are some criticisms of the supporting evidence for personality types?
Research may be biased as it was conducted by Friedman (1975) in order to support his 1974 research , meaning it has a danger to be bias
What is the gender and cultural bias for individual differences?
The original study (Friedman and Roseman 1974) which highlighted personality types was conducted on 3200 Californian males, meaning that the research has a gender a cultural bias
Who’s study claimed that the gender bias in Friedman and Roseman’s 1974 study didn’t affect the archetypes of personality outlined?
Linda Baker and co-workers (1984)
What did Linda Baker and co-workers (1984) find about regarding female personality?
She found that women display similar personality traits (type A traits , type B traits) to men
Why and Linda Baker and co-workers (1984) research significant to gender bias of personality types?
As it fights the claim that a gender bias makes the original 1974 Friedman and Roseman study invalid
Who built on the idea that there is a cultural bias with personality types?
Helman (1987)
What did Helman (1987) argue caused the cultural bias in personality trait research?
Helman (1987) that personality types were based on Western culture (supported by only Californian people being used in research), meaning that non-western cultures and therefore personality types arent accounted for
What is the evaluation point of the role of hostility in personality type?
Research suggests that key components of Type A personalities are more important than others?
Who studied the evaluation point of the role of hostility in personality type?
Mathews et al (1986)
What did Mathews et al (1986) find about the role of hostility in personality type?
He found that level of hostility is the most linked characteristic (out of hostility , competitiveness and impatience) of a personality to CHD
What does Mathew et al (1986) study suggest about the role of hostility?
Suggests that only key parts of a personality are important to CHD risk
