Effect of Personality on Stress Response in Humans

Running Head: BIOLOGY
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1BIOLOGY
Title: An investigation to measure effect of personality on the stress response.

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Table of Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................................3
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Aim..................................................................................................................................................4
Hypotheses.......................................................................................................................................4
Method.............................................................................................................................................4
Design..........................................................................................................................................4
Participants...................................................................................................................................5
Apparatus.....................................................................................................................................5
Procedure.....................................................................................................................................6
Results..............................................................................................................................................6
Inferential Statistics / Treatment of Results.....................................................................................8
Discussion........................................................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9
Appendices....................................................................................................................................10
Appendix A................................................................................................................................10

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Abstract
An experiment was carried out to investigate stress response of an individual based on
personality. The personality of an individual was evaluated according to questionnaire developed
by Friedman and Rosenman. Subsequently, individuals were subjected to a stress task. The pulse
rate of the individuals was measured during stress. The mean pulse rate of the individuals was
compared based on the personality type of the individual. The analysis of mean pulse rate proved
that the pulse rate of type A individual is higher than type B. Thus, it was inferred that stress
response of an individual is modulated as a function of personality of an individual.