PSY 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Psy, Thomas Szasz, Apa Style
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Examined relationship between need for achievement and us presidency. Evaluated inaugural speeches of 34 presidents & coded for achievement themes. Negative correlation between effectiveness and achievement motive. Extent to which a person typically acts in a driving, time-urgent manner. Asked businesspeople about the behaviour of friends who had had heart attacks. 70% of respondents said excessive competitive drive and meeting deadlines were the most prominent characteristics. Coined type a and hypothesized it was a major cause of cad. Rosenman et al. , studied relationship between type a and cad longitudinally. Followed cohort of 3500 middle aged men. Type a had twice incidences of heart disease than type b. Type a person may be constitutionally prone to biochemical and physiological over arousal. Type a"s display more arousal (increased bp) when working on challenging tasks. Type a"s may tend to ignore physical signs of distress. Type a contains both achievement strivings and an impatient/irritability (hostility) component.
