Study frågor 12 stress

Question 1

Discuss psychosomatic medicine and disease-prone personalities

Answer 1

Psychosomatic medicine is based on that the psyche (the mind) effect the soma (body).

People that are impulsive, depressed, isolated and angry are more likely to put themselves in unhealthy situations.

Question 2

Discuss the role of personality in relation to health behavior and healthy environments.

Answer 2

Some personalities have a higher risk of engaging in unhealthy behaviour.

Question 3

Explain Farley ́s “type T theory”. What does type T stand for

Answer 3

T stands fro thrill seeking.

Its based on the same thing as introverts and extroverts and that extroverts have a internal arousal deficiency.

Question 4

Discuss the concept of “The sick role

Answer 4

The sick roll is a set of social expectations about how a person should act when sick. For example you should see a doctor when you sick and the sit at home an rest and maybe act weak and grumpy and moody.

Question 5

What is somatopsychic effects and disease-caused personality changes? Give some examples

Answer 5

The body can effect the mind and the mind can effect the body.

If you get oxygen deprivation or become psychically week that can induce chronic depression.

Alzheimer effect both personality and the health

Question 6

Explain the “diathesis-stress model”. Give some examples

Answer 6

the model states that the environment is what makes the dieses or the disorder to appear.

Even if you have genetics that states that you have a higher risk of getting mental issue they wont appear until the environment triggers them.

An example is “ your have worked in a office your whole life and the you change carriers and become a farmer and strain you back. So the environment triggered that.

Question 7

What is a personality disorder? Describe the different personality disorders

Answer 7

Personality disorders are disorders that  are ongoing with a pattern and are very deep rotted in a person. Personality disorders impairs the functioning and wellbeing of the person. 
Thy are 3 klustres 
Typ A: lite udda och ecentriska 
Typ B: dramatiska och emotionella 
Typ C: anxious, fearful cluster

Paranoia A: where you are suspicious and assume people are against you.

narcissistic B: where you take advantage of people and you need constant approval and appraisal of others.

Histrionic B: pattern of excessive attention-seeking emotions

Schizoid A: Att man väljer att vara ensam och inte visa sina känslor, väldigt få vänner och väldigt få sexuella partners

Schizotypal A: Också extremt ensamma men klär sig väldigt konstigt och beter sig väldigt underligt. Helt enkelt väldigt märkliga människor. Saknar social kompetens för sociala situationer. sommarjacka mitt i vintern. Tror på magi.

Question 8

Describe, explain and give examples of type A behavior pattern and type A personality

Answer 8

A behavior: Stressade, spända och tävlingsinriktade.Som ofta får sjukdomar, sämre hälsa eftersom kroppen aldrig får nog med återhämtning.

A-personality: Har beteendet av A behavior. Mer riskbenägna och röker och dricker med.

Question 9

What are the “Human Termites”? Discuss the results of the research; conscientiousness, sociability, childhood cheerfulness, stress etc

Answer 9

It’s a longitudinal study done on a couple of children to predict longevity and cause of death.
Conscientiousness: children that was rated as prudent, truthful and free from vanity lived longer and hade 30% less likelihood of dying any given day.

Sociability: no evidence that related to longer life or healthier life.

Cheerfulness: die sooner, because of their attitude to life is carefree and careless which can be harmful.

Stress: children whom had parents divorce before age 21 faced a greater mortality risk.

Question 10

Discuss the “Self-healing personality” and some important concept such as control, commitment, challenges, locus of control.

Answer 10

A self healing personality is a personality that is very unlikely to become ill even if the person that have that kind of personality engages in stressful situations or horrible conditions.

To not become ill you have to have feel that your in control and not feel powerless.

You also have to have a commitment to something you feel is important and meaningful.

You also have to respond to life with energy and excitement

Question 11

1. Discuss the influence of humanistic and existential aspects on understanding self- healing. Describe Antonovskys terms of “Sense of coherence” and “Salutogenesis”.

Answer 11

Sense of coherence is a persons confidence that the world is understandable, manageable and meaningful

salutogenesis : how people stay healthy, you have to have a sense of coherence.