Question

Briefly describe the difference between a Type A personality and a Type B personality in regard to stress.

Answer 1

Answer:

In general Type A personality tend to be more likely to have self-imposed stress compared to type B personality.

Type A personality tends to be:

- Highly ambitious

- conscious with time management

- aggressive and anxious

- Impatient.

All of the characteristics make type A personality held themselves in a really high standard. They have a set of expectation that they want to achieve within a specific time frame.  

Because of this, If anything doesn't go according to their plan, they tend to become really stressed and anxious.

Type B personality tends to be:

- Laid back

- Relaxed

- Easy going

- Patient

All of these characteristics make type B personality tend to become really flexible. Since they do not create an strict expectations, they tend to be able to relax even when things go wrong.  This is why they tend to be better at stress management over type A personality.

none of them are 'the better ones' . They just have different processes in handling the situations in their life.