Personality type Flashcards
Who researched Type A/B
Friedman and Rosenman
What did F and R originally believe
Cardiologists suspected most of patients with colonary heart disease shared similar personality traits
Type A traits
Competative, time urgancy and hostility
Type B
Relaxed, tolerant and laid back
Type C
People pleasers, compliant, patient, passive, avoid conflicts and supress emotions
Friedman and Rosenman pp
Western collabertive group 3000 males living in california
F and R procedure
Examined CHD at start and personality type by interview 25 questions about normal everyday life asked in a provokative mannor to elecit type A behaviour. Examined again after 8 1/2 years
Friedman and Roseman results
More Type 8s 2x died due to heart problems
257 developed CHD
12% heart attacks of Type A compared to 6% of Type B
What did Temoshok suggest
Type C linked with cancer- supress emotions
Who conduced research into Type C
Dalttore
PP in Daltore
75 cancer, control group
200 veterns
Dalttore study details
Prospective study
Veterns assessed years before cancer diagnosis
Findings of Dalttore
More supression of emotions linked to cancer
A03 Daltore
Male pp- beta bias
Correlation not causation
Self report technique- Daltore
A03 F and R
Specific sample used- Americian males california
Assessment proecdure- sesitive measure- provoke
Ignore individual diff- type A more likely to smoke coud affect
