Personality and Health

Question 1

What are Type A, Type B, and Type D personalities?

Answer 1

. Type A- hostile, aggressive, impatient, competitive, dominant
. Type B- laid back, live in the moment
. Type D- distressed or disease prone type

Question 2

What are the ‘Big Five’?

Answer 2

. Remember 'OCEAN'
. Openness to experience
. Conscientious
. Extrovert
. Agreeableness
. Neurotic

Question 3

How did personality affect smoking in the Zvolensky study?

Answer 3

. O and N associated with increased risk of smoking
. High N associated with increased risk of upping the amount they smoked
. C associated with decreased risk of smoking

Question 4

What is the Hampson and Goldberg study and what did it find out?

Answer 4

. Teachers assessed children on 5 big traits
. Follow up 40 years later for smoking, alcohol, BMI, self-related health

. Childhood C associated with less adult smoking
. Low A for women associated with more adult smoking