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1
Q

Give some features of a type A personality:

A
High stress
Enjoy achieving goals
Ambitious 
Self critical
Controlling
Competitive
Determined 
Feel pressure of time
2
Q

Give some features of the type B personality:

A
Laid back
Low stress
Don't mind losing
Relaxed 
Creative 
Emotive
3
Q

Who developed the theory of the type a and b personality?

A

Friedman and Rosenham

Cardiologists

4
Q

Who did Friedman and Rosenham observe and what did they do?

A

Patients in their waiting room

Split them into categories some would sit calmly and relax (B) others would pace (A)

5
Q

(Variation in physiological response) F and R - suggest characteristics of the type A personality makes them more likely to experience what?

A

Fight or flight response than type Bs

6
Q

(Type a and illness) F and R - if type As are more likely to experience the fight or flight they therefore are more likely to what?

A

Suffer from coronary heart disease

7
Q

(Type a and illness)F and R - why are Type As more likely to experience coronary heart disease (CHD)?

A

Adrenaline from fight or flight increasing blood pressure and heart rate

8
Q

(Type a and illness) what is the WCGS?

A

Western collaborate group study

9
Q

(Type a and illness) the WCGS aimed to investigate links between what?

A

Type a and b behaviour patterns and stress related illness (CHD)

10
Q

(Type a and illness) what type of study was the WCGS? What is a issue of this?

A

Prospective longitudinal study nobody had CHD at the start looked for outcomes over 8 and a half years
Drop out rates

11
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS -what is a strength of using longitudinal prospective studies?

A

Large amount of qualitative data

12
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS structured interviews were conducted on who?

A

3154 Californian men aged 39 - 59

13
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS - what did the interview consist of?

A

25 questions asking about the men’s responses to everyday pressures

14
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS - the questions were designed in a way to do what? Give an example:

A

Elicit type A behaviour
E.g. Interviewer reading slowly
Type a would find this irritating

15
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS - what potential ethical issue is their of trying to elicit type a behaviour?

A

Frustrating participants possibly causing a stress response

16
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS - the interview included observations on what?

A

How participants responded e.g. Their volume and pace

17
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS - following the results of the interview what were men categorised into?

A

Type a or b

18
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS - after 8 and a half years how many men developed CHD?

A

257

19
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS - of the 257 men having CHD how many were from the type A group?

A

180 - 70%

20
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS - what percent of the type a participants experienced heart attacks?

A

12.8%

21
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS - what percent of type B participants experienced heart attack?

A

6%

22
Q

(Type a and illness) WCGS - how much more likely were type A men to develop CHD or experience heart attack?

A

2x

23
Q

(Type a and illness) the Framingham heart study found type A behaviour was associated with what?

A

Two fold increase in CHD

24
Q

(Type a and illness) the Framingham heart study increased the what of the WCGS?

A

External reliability

25
Q

(Type a and illness) one issue of the studies is what?

A

Confounding variables such as diet e.g. Type a person who is impatient may opt for fast food

26
Q

(Type a and illness) the WCGS found Type As had higher cholesterol and b.p even when controlling for what?

A

Risk factors e.g smoking or obesity

27
Q

(Type a and illness) research suggests a strong link between Type A personalities and developing what?

A

A stress related illness

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