Type A/B

• Type A

  • Fast
  • Hostile
  • Workaholic
  • Competitive
• Type B

  • Calm
  • Relaxed
  • Flexible
  • More slow
• Type A get more stressed trigger more adrenaline and therefore more susceptible to cardiovascular disease
• (Hecker) Focus more on hostility, may be ,more influential than other type A aspects, develop a more constructive response to stress
• longitudinal study- Rosenman- 3,145 men. interviews provoking type A personality they monitored the volume and pace of speech

  8 years later 257 had heart disease - 70% type A

  A had higher cholesterol and BP

  risk factors controlled
• Freidman- impossible puzzle, Type A were visibly more stressed and annoyed and showed higher adrenaline levels
• Type A from Roseman study more likely to survive coronary events. but was it the results of the study that caused them to change their behaviour in response to stress
• Gender bias, masculine traits
• Culture bias- Competitiveness and being a workaholic are very western