PSYC 191 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Arcus Senilis, Coronary Artery Disease, Type A And Type B Personality Theory

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 191
• Professor: Stephen Lindsay

Document Summary

Association of specific overt behavior pattern with blood and cardiovascular findings. Journal of the american medical associa4on, 169, 1289-1296. Personality traits: habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion. Developed a model (set of characteristics) thought related to heart disease: Continuous involvement in multiple activities with deadlines. Pattern b: absence of drive, ambition, sense of time urgency, desire to compete or involvement in deadlines. Contacted large corporations to find participants with each pattern. Each group had 83 men, average age 40. Completed interviews (history of heart disease in self/ family, work, sleep, exercise habits, smoking, alcohol and diet habits) had 69 true groups a, 58 true groups b. Kept a diary of diet for 1 week. Provided blood samples to measure cholesterol levels and clotting time. Group a were harassed by commitments, and drives, eager to compete in all activities. Group b were satisfied with their positions, lacked time urgency, less competitive, spent more time with family.