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PSY-255 Personality Research Paper Outline Topic: Type A and Type B personality types Thesis Statement: Type A and Type B personalities affects the approach and coping skills individuals take with difficult situations, their outlook on their mental and physical heath, and how they might view what being successful is. 1st Main Point: That Serves to Prove Your Thesis: approach and coping skills 

1st piece of research That Supports this Main Point o (Cooney & Zeichner, 1985).  Type B personalities do not need to be in constant control of all situations. Type B personalities are relatively indifferent towards consuming, acquiring useless things. Their use of tobacco and alcohol is very limited. Type B personalities acquire a form of competitiveness that is selective and proportionate to the real importance of planned objectives. They have a physical aggressive behavior when dealing with anything that may be frustrating to them. Type B personalities have a higher tolerance to others and their faults. They have a tendency to plan and achieve their goals in a timely manner.

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2nd piece of research That Supports this Main Point o (Hagihara, Tarumi, Miller & Morimoto, 1997).  Type A personalities are more competitive than Type B personalities. They are more likely to seek out and take on challenges and work harder to overcome difficult tasks or obstacles. Like Type B personalities, Type A personalities can be aggressive, but where they differ is that Type A personalities suppress their aggressive behavior. It is constantly present in all personal and social interactions. They are impatient and have no patience for others. They want to preform and obtain an unlimited number of things in a limited period of time. Type A personalities have to be in control of any situation that they are involved in. They have a drive to acquire objects, assets, and to be a consumer. Type A personalities are more likely to smoke and drink regularly.

2nd Main Point: That Serves to Prove Your Thesis: outlook on mental and physical health 

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1st piece of research That Supports this Main Point o (Farber, E. W., Burge-Callaway, 1998)  Type A personalities tend to be more hostile and because of that it causes many different health problems. For instance, they are more prone to developing coronary heart disease (CHD), because hostility increases the risk factor for heart disease. People who are more hostile tend to eat, drink and smoke more, and exercise less than other personality types. Type A personalities are more likely to be overweight, have higher cholesterol, and blood pressure problems. As well, research has shown that hostile people are also more likely to develop irregular heartbeats and are more likely to pass away before they reach their fifties. Many of these health problems can be traced back to elevated levels of cortisol, the stress hormone. As well as increased inflammation in the walls of the coronary arteries, leading to a greater risk of heart attack. 2nd piece of research That Supports this Main Point o (Farber, E. W., Burge-Callaway, 1998)  Another negative trait that Type A personalities are more prone to is impulsiveness. Type A’s are competitive, want to be successful, have a sense of urgency, more likely to take risk, and act before they think. Unlike Type A personalities, Type B personalities are more relaxed and tend to go with the flow of things. They take each day at a time, and handle stress with ease. This translates into a better quality of life, and a lower chance of developing heart disease, and have a higher immune system.

3rd Main Point that Serves to Prove your Thesis: how they view success. 

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1st piece of research That Supports this Main Point o (Lohse, Rohrmann, Richard, Bopp, Faeh, 2017).  Type A personalities are high achievers. They are great at multitasking unrelated duties and jobs and they usually perform beyond par. They are constantly in a race to achieve higher goals. When their goals are finally attained, they set much loftier aspirations. They tend to not be able to rest on their laurels. Accepting failure is extremely difficult for them and is never one of their realities. They are usually self-driven people, and their stress levels are generally high. nd 2 piece of research That Supports this Main Point (citation)

o (Amber, 2007)  Type B personalities know their abilities and work steadily for their goals. They enjoy their achievements. They tend to not be too stressed out to excel and can be disappointed when they fall short of their goals, but not completely devastated. They are more accepting of failures than type A personalities are. They enjoy games and competitions for the love of the game, not necessarily for the competitiveness of it. They are reflective and innovative. They allow themselves to explore and fail, if necessary. Sometimes they are too relaxed and laid-back, and they lack the drive to reach the uppermost of their careers. They are even-tempered and usually live less stressful lives than the type A personalities. Conclusion What Have You found in your research and how does this apply to your thesis: Being a Type A or Type B personalities, can greatly impact how they are able to deal with hard situations, set goals and attain them, and their health. Type A personalities have specific personality traits like hostility and impulsiveness, which leads them to have bigger health issues. When it comes to stressful situations or hard obstacles, type B deals with them better because they know how to accept failure and move on and try again. Type A cannot accept it. This is the reason that type A usually leads a more stressful life than type B. Regarding success, type A personality types usually have higher and bigger goals and aspirations and cannot accept falling short. Type B usually has very realistic and attainable goals that they work hard for but are not devastated if they do not meet them.

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Amber, R. (2007). Personality at Work: A Study of Type A-B. Market Forces, 3(3), 224-246. Retrieved January 04, 2021. Cooney, J. L., & Zeichner, A. (1985). Selective attention to negative feedback in Type A and Type B individuals. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 94(1), 110-112. doi:10.1037/0021843x.94.1.110 Farber, E. W., & Burge-Callaway, K. (1998). Differences in anger, hostility, and interpersonal aggressiveness in type A and type B adolescents. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 54(7), 945-952. doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199811)54:73.0.co;2-d Friedman, H. S., Hall, J. A., & Harris, M. J. (1985). Type A behavior, nonverbal expressive style, and health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48(5), 1299-1315. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.48.5.1299 Hagihara, A., Tarumi, K., Miller, A. S., & Morimoto, K. (1997). Type A and Type B Behaviors, Work Stressors, and Social Support at Work. Preventive Medicine, 26(4), 486-494. doi:10.1006/pmed.1997.0162 Lohse, T., Rohrmann, S., Richard, A., Bopp, M., & Faeh, D. (2017). Type A personality and mortality: Competitiveness but not speed is associated with increased risk. Atherosclerosis, 262, 19-24. doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.04.016 Mahajan, E., & Rastogi, R. (2011, March 23). Psychological Wellbeing of Students with Type A and Type B Personalities. Retrieved January 04, 2021, from https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1788025 Schütz, E., Garcia, D., & Archer, T. (2013). Affective state, stress, and Type A-personality as a function of gender and affective profiles. International Journal of Research Studies in Psychology, 3(1). doi:10.5861/ijrsp.2013.450...