Choose the statements which are not true for Friedman and Rosenmen’s typology of personality.
A. Type-D personalities are more susceptible to problems like hypertension and coronary heart disease.
B. Type A personality seem to possess high motivation, lack patience, feel short of time, always feel burdened with work.
C. Type B personalities can be best understood as the absence of Type-A traits.
D. The risk of developing CHD with Type A personality is sometimes even greater than the risks caused by high blood pressure.
E. Type-C personality is prone to covid and colic pain.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option 1: Statements A and E are incorrect.
A. Type-D personalities are more susceptible to problems like hypertension and coronary heart disease. — Incorrect. Friedman and Rosenman's typology focuses on Type A and Type B personalities. Type-D personality is characterised by proneness to depression.
E. Type-C personality is prone to covid and colic pain. — Incorrect. Type C personality is not associated with susceptibility to COVID or colic pain, and it is not part of Friedman and Rosenman's Type A–Type B typology.
Other Statements:
B. Type A personality seem to possess high motivation, lack patience, feel short of time, always feel burdened with work. — Correct. These are characteristic features of Type A personality.
C. Type B personalities can be best understood as the absence of Type-A traits. — Correct. Type B individuals are generally more relaxed, patient, and less competitive than Type A individuals.
D. The risk of developing CHD with Type A personality is sometimes even greater than the risks caused by high blood pressure. — Correct. Type A behaviour pattern has been linked with an increased risk of coronary heart disease.
NCERT: In recent years, Friedman and Rosenman have classified individuals into Type-A and Type-B personalities. The two researchers were trying to identify psychosocial risk factors when they discovered these types.
People characterised by Type-A personality seem to possess high motivation, lack patience, feel short of time, be in a great hurry, and feel like being always burdened with work. Such people find it difficult to slow down and relax. People with Type-A personality are more susceptible to problems like hypertension and coronary heart disease (CHD). The risk of developing CHD with Type-A personality is sometimes even greater than the risks caused by high blood pressure, high cholesterol levels, or smoking.
Opposite to this is the Type-B personality, which can be understood as the absence of Type-A traits. This typology has been further extended.
Morris has suggested a Type-C personality, which is prone to cancer. Individuals characterised by this personality are cooperative, unassertive and patient. They suppress their negative emotions (e.g., anger), and show compliance to authority.
More recently, a Type-D personality has been suggested, which is characterised by proneness to depression.