PERCEIVED STRESS, PERFORMANCE, PERSONALITY AND BIOCHEMICAL FACTORS IN HUMANS.

Abstract

A study was made to investigate perceived stress, performance, personality and biochemical factors in humans. A total of 250 naive human subjects, both males and females, white and colored, ranging in age from 15 to 22 years were used as subjects to study possible relationships which might exist between (1), perceived stress, (2) personality factors as they appear on the California Psychological Inventory, (3) IQ as measured by the Otis Test, (4) a match-to-sample block test, (5) an analogy problem solving test under stress, (6) change in pupil size, (7) change in heart rate under stress, and (8) galvanic skin response during and after sound-shock conditioning. Possible biochemical differences as they may exist among various subgroups and their possible modification by a program of cultural, perceptual, and dietary enrichment were also investigated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0653973

Entities

People

  • E. I. Stevens
  • W. F. Angermeier

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Galvanic Skin Response
  • Heart Rate
  • Inventory
  • Personality

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.