Question

To determine if you are a Type A personality, click on the link below and complete the free Type A personality test. When finished read what the website has to say about Type A and Type B personalities along with where you fall along this continuum. Also, be sure to do your own research on Type A and Type B personalities through other sources to add to your understanding of these unique personality types.

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In your post discuss your findings. What does your score say about your personality? What are the benefits to your personality type? If any, what are the weaknesses that come with your personality type? Your paper should be a minimum of 300 words.

​I took the personality test and I am type B personality see results below

You have completed the A/B Personality Test.

Your score is 4, out of 10. This means that you are a Type B.

The two types in A/B theory

Type A

The theory describes a Type A individual as ambitious, rigidly organized, highly status conscious, can be sensitive, care for other people, are truthful, impatient, always try to help others, take on more than they can handle, want other people to get to the point, proactive, and obsessed with time management. People with Type A personalities are often high-achieving "workaholics" who multi-task, push themselves with deadlines, and hate both delays and ambivalence.

In his 1996 book, Type A Behavior: Its Diagnosis and Treatment, Friedman suggests that Type A behavior is expressed in three major symptoms: free-floating hostility, which can be triggered by even minor incidents; time urgency and impatience, which causes irritation and exasperation usually described as being "short-fused"; and a competitive drive, which causes stress and an achievement-driven mentality. The first of these symptoms is believed to be covert and therefore less observable, while the other two are more overt.

Type B

The theory describes Type B individuals as a contrast to those with Type A personalities. People with Type B personality by definition generally live at a lower stress level and typically work steadily, enjoying achievement but not becoming stressed when they are not achieved. When faced with competition, they do not mind losing and either enjoy the game or back down. They may be creative and enjoy exploring ideas and concepts. They are often reflective, thinking about the outer and inner worlds. Furthermore, Type B personalities may have a poor sense of time schedule and can be predominately right brained thinkers.

Connection to heart disease

The first evidence that type A personality was related to heart disease was published by Rosenman and colleagues in the followup report of Western Collaborative Group Study. They found:

The type A behavior pattern was strongly related to the CHD incidence, and this association could not be explained by association of behavior pattern with any single predictive risk factor or with any combination of them.

However, a meta-analysis (Myrtek, 2001) of all the studies done since then found no relation:

Taking all studies on TAP together, no significant association between TAP and CHD can be observed (R=0.003, P=0.213, n=74,326). Exclusion of the WCGS renders a near zero result. It may be concluded that TAP is not a risk factor for CHD.

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References

• Meyer Friedman (1996). "Type A Behavior: Its Diagnosis and Treatment".
• Michael Myrtek (2001). "Meta-analyses of prospective studies on coronary heart disease, type A personality, and hostility". International Journal of Cardiology, 79(2-3), 245–251.

Answer 1

Answer- My score on the test was 4 out of 10, which means that I am a Type B personality. I have always been calm when it comes to work and deadlines. I may get stressed out at times, but those times are very rare and occasional. In tough situations, I am okay with someone else taking charge as long as they know hat they are doing. I would not say that I am completely stress-free do get stressed but not that often and especially not over petty issues.