Lecture 22 - Individual differences and health Flashcards
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Give a definition of health.
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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease/infirmity
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Read slide 3
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Describe type A and type B personalities.
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Was found that these types were acc a poor predictor of heart attack frequency. It covered up the fact that some of the personality types were more likely to smoke etc, so that might have been the actually cause. So take findings with pinch of salt.
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Describe the type D personality.
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See slide 6-8
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Read slide 9
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Potentially, sociability might influence the extent to which you develop illness following exposure to external factors such as microbes.
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Describe the behavioural Immune Response Theory.
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See slide 10
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Might be a relationship between white blood cells in peoples blood and personality traits.
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Individual differences might be associated with length of life.
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Personality might be associated with how well we age.
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There seems to be a strong relationship between intelligence and mortality.
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Illness and medical procedures can affect your personality.
Read slide 15-16
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SUMMARY
Multiple pathways by which individual differences in personality and intelligence can be associated with, and potentially causally influence, health.
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Chapter 22 Maltby Day & Macaskill Personality Individual Differences and Intelligence
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