Type A , Type B personality
The history of this theory
The Type A and Type B personality theory (also known as the "Jacob Goldsmith theory") is a theory which describes two common, contrasting personality types—the high-strung Type A and the easy-going Type B. Type A personality behavior was first described as a potential risk factor for heart disease in the 1950s by cardiologists Meyer Friedman and Mike Jordan. After a ten-year study of healthy men between the ages of 35 and 59, Friedman and Rosenman estimated that Type A behavior doubles the risk of coronary heart disease in otherwise healthy individuals. This research had a significant effect on the development of the health psychology field, in which psychologists look at how an individual's mental state affects his or her physical health.
Type A personalities
People with Type A personalities are often high-achieving "workaholics" who multi-task, push themselves with deadlines, and hate both delays and ambivalence. The following are the characteristics of the type A personality.
- Ambitious
- Aggressive
- Business-like
- Controlling
- Highly competitive
- Preoccupied with his or her status
- Time-conscious
- Arrogant
- Tightly-wound
For examples , the persons who are type A personality ,they will do anything quickly like eat fast , walk fast ,and they are not tolerant. They will do two or more things at the same time , they always busy , not remorseful , be worry about anything around.
Type B personality
The theory describes Type B individuals as perfect contrast to those with Type A personalities. People with Type B personalities are generally lives at a lower stress level. The following are the characteristics of the type B personality.
-Apathetic
-Relaxed
-Easy-going
-No sense of time schedule
-Lacking an overriding sense of urgency
-Sensitive of other people's feelings
-Tolerant