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Type A/Type B Personality

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Personality Model of Stress1973—Friedman and Rosemann

Differentiates between two personality types

Type A

Type B

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Type A Type BSuccess Oriented

Has to be Number 1

Unable to relax

Expectations are too

high

Impatient

Satisfaction over

success

 Accepts FailureHas the ability to give up

control

Patient

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Type APolyphasic—two things atonce

Loves to work

Plays to win

Hurrying speech of others

Difficulty waiting

Gesturing while talking

Frequent body movements

 Always on Time

70% actually hostile—heartrisk

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Type BLoves people over work

Optimistic/not cynical

Talks/walks slowly

Plays to have fun

Good listener 

Generally works onestep at a time

Empathetic

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Update—Type AType A’s generally go through stages

Distrust of others—(Cognitive)

Feel angry when you find somebody cheating(Affective)

You Show the Anger (Behavioral)

Coping with anger is the key to effectivelydealing with a Type A Personality

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Update—Type AStudy:

High levels of hostility in healthy men age 25 were

seen as predictors that they were 7 times more likelyto get heart disease by age 50!