Personality And Stress Pg 103 And 103

Question 1

Define personality

Answer 1

The collection of traits and characteristics of a person

Someones personality csn be the difference between them developing a stress related illness or remaining healthy

Question 2

What does a hardy personality protect them from?

Answer 2

Stress and ill health (kobasa)

Question 3

List 3 components of hardiness

Answer 3

Committement (highly involved and committed in relationships and activities)

Challenge (hardy people are resiliant and welcome change as an opertunity)

Control (they believe they are in charge of events)

Bcz of the 3 cs they have hardy people are less likely to experience stress related illnesses

Question 4

What traits does type A personality have?

Answer 4

Competativeness (ambitions and motivated in terms of goals)

Time urgency (fast talking,impatient)

Hostility (aggressive, tolerant, easily angered)

Question 5

Descibe type B personality

Answer 5

Relaxed

Less competitive

Better coping with stress

Less likely to develop stress related illness than type A

Question 6

What did Freidman abd Rosenman say about tyooe A personality?

Answer 6

A pattern of bahavior associated with coronary heart disease

Question 7

Describe Type A stress

Answer 7

Type A have higher cholesterol and blood pressure and stress hormones.

More likely have heart disease bcz hostile causes type A to have physio logical arousal

Question 8

Strength

Answer 8

Targetting hardiness and Tyoe A can reduce stress.

E.g encouraging peopel at risk of stress related illness to shift their behaviour from tyoe A to type B e.g slowing down, pracicing patience.

E g increasing peoples levels of 3 cs.

Question 9

Weakness

Answer 9

Both concepts measured by self report.
Social desirability bias.
People complete self report exaggerating their hardiness traits (seen as desirable) qnd minimise thier type A traits.

Not accurate measures of personality.