Psychology 2010A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Trait Theory, Hypothalamus, Personality Disorder
10 Apr 2015
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Diathesis-stress: the interactionist approach: different things stressful for different people and most people aware of these things. Lown involved psych focus on emotional reactions of individual and found that most potent stress relates to recall of emotionally charged experiences: psychological stress uniquely individual. Little doubt that people who are well adjusted and well integrated into communities are at a significantly lower risk for disease and premature mortality than those who are regularly unstable, impulsive, isolated, alienated, distressed. Personality and coronary-proneness: type a behaviour pattern (friedman & rosenman) tense, competitive style that is especially likely to be associated with coronary heart disease. The human termites: terman developed stanford-binet iq test, leading intelligence researchers, began most comprehensive study in psych where studied psychosocial and intellectual development of. Cheerfulness: childhood cheerfulness inversely related to longevity and died sooner, cheerfulness helpful when facing a stress but harmful if leads to carelessness, people who behave in amusing ways not necessarily those w/ attitudes/behaviours most.
