Type A/B Personalities Perceived Control
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Type A/B PersonalitiesPerceived Control
Group 12Jessica Pryor
Deleah MorganAbbey Saal
Type A/B PersonalitiesPersonality: the unique attitudes, behaviors, and emotions that characterize a person.
Type A Personality Type B PersonalityFriedman and
Rosenman’s term for competitive, hard-driving, impatient,
verbally aggressive, and anger-prone people.
Friedman and Rosenman’s term for
easygoing and relaxed people.
Type A Personalities Type B PersonalitiesCompetitiveAngered EasilyFeel PressureImpatientSuper MotivatedLive at higher stress levelsTime ConsciousDriven by the need to
succeedOften enjoy being in control
and being successful (Ex: business careers)
RelaxedEasy GoingLive at lower stress levelsEnjoy achievement but
will not stress over a lossOften CreativeReflectiveTend to work steadilyNot highly competitiveOften find enjoyment
meditating or in the arts
Type A Personality Type B PersonalityWhen in a stressful
situation someone with a Type A personality will experience Increase in hormone
secretion Increased pulse rate Increased blood
pressure
When in a stressful situation someone with a Type B personality will remain calm with little or no changes.
Type A Type B
Type A PersonalitiesPeople with type A personalities are more
likely to experience heart attacks due to high stress levels.
In a study of 257 men who had heart attacks, 69% of them had a type A personality.
Who is Who?Type A’s
Type B’s
Perceived ControlThe belief that one has the ability to make a difference in the course or the consequences of some even or experience.
Perceived ControlThe belief that one has the ability to make a
difference in the course or the consequences of some even or experience.
Being able to control one’s environment usually eliminates stress.
Loss of perceive control can lead to higher stress and increased risk to disease and illness.
Perceived ControlIf one believes he or she is capable of
producing a desired product rather than that of an undesired one, stress will be reduced and one may in fact succeed in the task. Ex: John has a major test tomorrow and he has
been studying almost nonstop for the past week. Come test day, John is very confident and feels that he is in control of what his grade will be.
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