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Type A and Type B personality theory

Index Type A and Type B personality theory

Type A and Type B personality theory describes two contrasting personality types. [1]

44 relations: Alpha (ethology), Annoyance, Biospheric model of personality, Cardiology, Cardiovascular disease, Cognitive-affective personality system, Competition (companies), Confounding, Constructivism (psychological school), Coronary artery disease, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Distressed personality type, Drive theory, Duke University, Ego psychology, Health psychology, Humorism, Hypostatic model of personality, Irritation, Jenkins activity survey, Magnesium, Meyer Friedman, Nature versus nurture, Organization, Personal construct theory, Personality Assessment System, Personality psychology, Personality type, Phenomenal field theory, Positive disintegration, Psychological behaviorism, Psychology, Psychosocial, Schizoid personality disorder, Self-monitoring, Situationism (psychology), Social status, Stress (biology), Time management, Tobacco industry, Trait theory, Two-factor models of personality, Type D personality, Workaholic.

Alpha (ethology)

In studies of social animals, the highest ranking individual is sometimes designated as the alpha.

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Annoyance

Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by such effects as irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking.

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Biospheric model of personality

The biospheric model of personality is a contribution to the psychology of personality proposed by Andras Angyal in 1941.

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Cardiology

Cardiology (from Greek καρδίᾱ kardiā, "heart" and -λογία -logia, "study") is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart as well as parts of the circulatory system.

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Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels.

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Cognitive-affective personality system

The cognitive-affective personality system or cognitive-affective processing system (CAPS) is a contribution to the psychology of personality proposed by Walter Mischel and Yuichi Shoda in 1995.

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Competition (companies)

Company competition, or competitiveness, pertains to the ability and performance of a firm, sub-sector or country to sell and supply goods and services in a given market, in relation to the ability and performance of other firms, sub-sectors or countries in the same market.

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Confounding

In statistics, a confounder (also confounding variable, confounding factor or lurking variable) is a variable that influences both the dependent variable and independent variable causing a spurious association.

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Constructivism (psychological school)

In psychology, constructivism refers to many schools of thought that, though extraordinarily different in their techniques (applied in fields such as education and psychotherapy), are all connected by a common critique of previous standard approaches, and by shared assumptions about the active constructive nature of human knowledge.

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Coronary artery disease

Coronary artery disease (CAD), also known as ischemic heart disease (IHD), refers to a group of diseases which includes stable angina, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, and sudden cardiac death.

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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.

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Distressed personality type

Distressed personality type, or "type D" individuals, tend to suppress powerful negative emotions as a means of coping with stressful events or situations.

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Drive theory

In psychology, a drive theory or drive doctrine is a theory that attempts to define, analyze, or classify the psychological drives.

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Duke University

Duke University is a private, non-profit, research university located in Durham, North Carolina.

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Ego psychology

Ego psychology is a school of psychoanalysis rooted in Sigmund Freud's structural id-ego-superego model of the mind.

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Health psychology

Health psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare.

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Humorism

Humorism, or humoralism, was a system of medicine detailing the makeup and workings of the human body, adopted by Ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers, positing that an excess or deficiency of any of four distinct bodily fluids in a person—known as humors or humours—directly influences their temperament and health.

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Hypostatic model of personality

The hypostatic model of personality is a view asserting that humans present themselves in many different aspects or hypostases, depending on the internal and external realities they relate to, including different approaches to the study of personality.

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Irritation

Irritation, in biology and physiology, is a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage.

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Jenkins activity survey

The Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) is one of the most widely used methods of assessing Type A behavior.

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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Meyer Friedman

Meyer Friedman (July 13, 1910–April 27, 2001) was an American cardiologist who developed, with colleague R.H. Rosenman, the theory that the "Type A" behavior of chronically angry and impatient people raises their risk of heart attacks.

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Nature versus nurture

The nature versus nurture debate involves whether human behaviour is determined by the environment, either prenatal or during a person's life, or by a person's genes.

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Organization

An organization or organisation is an entity comprising multiple people, such as an institution or an association, that has a collective goal and is linked to an external environment.

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Personal construct theory

Personal construct theory or personal construct psychology (PCP) is a theory of personality and cognition developed by the American psychologist George Kelly in the 1950s.

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Personality Assessment System

The Personality Assessment System (PAS) is a descriptive model of personality formulated by John W. Gittinger.

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Personality psychology

Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that studies personality and its variation among individuals.

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Personality type

Personality type refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals.

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Phenomenal field theory

Phenomenal field theory is a contribution to the psychology of personality proposed by Donald Snygg and Arthur W. Combs.

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Positive disintegration

The theory of positive disintegration (TPD) by Kazimierz Dąbrowski is a theory of personality development.

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Psychological behaviorism

Psychological behaviorism is a form of behaviorism – a major theory within psychology which holds that generally, human behaviors are learned.

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Psychology

Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, including conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought.

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Psychosocial

The psychosocial approach looks at individuals in the context of the combined influence that psychological factors and the surrounding social environment have on their physical and mental wellness and their ability to function.

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Schizoid personality disorder

Schizoid personality disorder (often abbreviated as SPD or SzPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary or sheltered lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness, detachment, and apathy.

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Self-monitoring

Self-monitoring is a concept introduced during the 1970s by Mark Snyder, that shows how much people monitor their self-presentations, expressive behavior, and nonverbal affective displays.

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Situationism (psychology)

Situationism is the theory that changes in human behavior are factors of the situation rather than the traits a person possesses.

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Social status

Social status is the relative respect, competence, and deference accorded to people, groups, and organizations in a society.

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Stress (biology)

Physiological or biological stress is an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition.

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Time management

Time management is the process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity.

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Tobacco industry

The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products.

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Trait theory

In psychology, trait theory (also called dispositional theory) is an approach to the study of human personality.

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Two-factor models of personality

The two-factor model of personality is a widely used psychological factor analysis measurement of personality, behavior and temperament.

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Type D personality

Type D personality, a concept used in the field of medical psychology, is defined as the joint tendency towards negative affectivity (e.g. worry, irritability, gloom) and social inhibition (e.g. reticence and a lack of self-assurance).

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Workaholic

A workaholic is a person who works compulsively.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_A_and_Type_B_personality_theory

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