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Name: Cadion, Christine Kaye C.

 Effect on Cognitive
My topic has a little effect in my cognitive. I’m not a fast learner. I can’t
easily acquire thoughts or any ideas. I have difficulty in memorizing and
in reviewing. This sometimes affects me when I study alone or when we
are having recitation by memorizing all words. When I listen to
someone, after I listen, I forget the topic easily so I have to ask someone
what it is and what is it all about. This has been my problem after I
shifted from nursing to psychology. Maybe I have too much stress.
Maybe sometimes I take my problems seriously.
So I’ve researched about on how to retain details in my head easily and
effectively. I once tried it, and it worked but not totally. Before the
exams, what I did was waked up early in the morning, and sipped some
hot chocolate. Based on my research, waking up at 3 am and sipping
some hot chocolate while reading helps retain the information in our
brain. I am not a morning person so this really challenged me a lot.
 Effect on Everyday Life
I don’t socialize. So I think my topic have effects on my everyday life
also. I’ve read a part of my topic about Counteracting Strategies where
there is Escape, Revolt & Passive Resistance.
I would like to avoid society than to be with it because I avoid also the
problems coming from it.
 Related Article:
Personality Influences Health
By: Shaheen E Lakhan, MD, PhD, MEd, MS, FAAN | March 20, 2006

Ancient Asian medicine has long linked emotions and intention to health, however,
Western medicine has been less receptive to devising a relationship. Recent lines
of psychological studies demonstrate that the way people think, act, and feel about
certain situations, events, and ideas greatly influence health behaviors and are
represented in the biopsychosocial model of health and illness. The latest trend in
personality psychology has been “positive” psychology. In general, certain
personality factors are known to lead to good and bad health (see table below).
Optimism, extraversion, conscientiousness, and an internal locus of control have
lead to healthy behaviors. Whereas, Type A personality, pessimism, external locus
of control, and hostility have been associated with an unhealthy behaviors.
However, these associations are by far not discrete, for often traditionally negative
health personalities have progressed in areas of survival, test taking, and sports.
For instance, individuals with Type A personality have a greater drive for success
and thereby can focus their attention on the task at hand instead of secondary
factors and distractions.

Personality factors relate to health by five main links:

1. Personality may influence stress perception.

2. Personality may affect coping mechanism options and effectiveness.

3. Personality may influence the amount of social support and social relationships.

4. Personality may affect individual’s health habits, preventing steps to modify

behavior, and adherence to medical regimes.

5. Personality may shape personal accounts of symptoms and pain and the
expression of such symptoms to others (i.e. friends, family, medical professionals).

Source: http://brainblogger.com/2006/03/20/bps-personality-influences-health/