Type A and B personality

Question 1

solimanifar

Answer 1

personality characteristics influence biological reactivity to stressful situations.
helps understand vulnerability to stress

Question 2

Type A major characteristics - Friedman and Rosenman

Answer 2

time pressured - always working to deadlines, competitive - always oriented towards achievement, hostility - easily irritated & impatient with co-workers

Question 3

Western Collaborative Study - Rosenman et al

Answer 3

prospective longitudinal study. 3154 men, 39-59, California.
interviews and observations to assess personality. 25 questions. medically examined for CHD.
8 years later 257 had heart disease, 70% of whom were type A. 12% type A had attacks, 6% type B

Question 4

Schroeder et al

Answer 4

exaggerated heart rate and sympathetic nervous responses linked to type A

Question 5

NIH

Answer 5

type A resembles traditional masculine traits. could be adaptive for success oriented middle class students.
Type A women have more self control than type B, opposite for men

Question 6

type c

Answer 6

Supress neg emotions, rarely have arguments when faced with stress ignore own needs to please others .
research suggests failing to express anger and other negative emotions may damage immune and makes you more to prone to cancer.

Question 7

Rosenman

Answer 7

type A behaviour didn’t have significant correlation. more likely to survive coronary events.

Question 8

Baker

Answer 8

Women have similar levels of type A traits/ same neg effects on health. Culture bias

Question 9

Friedman

Answer 9

asked ppt to solve unsolvable puzzle in noisy environment and offered reward. A more outwardly stressed, annoyed compare to B. also higher levels of adrenaline despite being same before

Question 10

moderating factors

Answer 10

e.g. coping strategies, support networks and environmental stressors.
important to consider multifactorial models in stress research. Type A may have predisposition but coping mechanisms and support mitigates effecrts.

Question 11

Ragland and Brand

Answer 11

follow up study of western collaborative study 22 yrs later. 15% had died from CHD. little evidence of relationship between type A behaviours and mortality. highlighted importance of CHD risk factors - smoking, age, high BP

Question 12

myrtek