Still, no one has ever accused him of being a Type B personality.

Puchiko is quiet and has a Type B personality.

I'm tranquil and reasonably secure and probably a Type B personality.

A self-acknowledged Type B personality, he is legendary for his willingness to sit and listen to all sides.

Type A people have a strong competitive drive and an increased sense of urgency; Type B personalities generally do not.

Type A and Type B personality theory describes two contrasting personality types.

The problem was, he was a Type B personality who favored a low-key, deliberative approach that would surely delay the changes she wanted.

Personality type Individuals are often categorised as having either Type A or Type B personalities.

However, simply because an individual is a workaholic, impatient, and competitive, does not necessarily mean he/she will suffer considerable more stress than someone with Type B personality traits.

Farley says researchers who categorize people at Type A or Type B personalities should add a third category—Type T—for thrill- seekers.

The terms Type A and Type B personality were originally described in the work of Rosenman and Friedman in 1959.

The researcher, Jan L. Guynes, used psychological tests to classify 86 volunteers as either Type A or Type B personalities.

In treatment programs, Friedman used a series of exercises to teach Type A's to emulate the mellower, more thoughtful behavior of people with Type B personality.

Type-beta, a personality type now commonly referred to as type-B (see Type A and Type B personality theory)

Type A and Type B personalities may not be evenly distributed among working and nonworking mothers and thus not evenly distributed among their children.

One study suggests that people with Type A personalities are more likely to develop personality disorders whereas Type B personalities are more likely to become alcoholics.

The theory describes Type B individuals as a contrast to those of Type A. Type B personality, by definition, are noted to live at lower stress levels.

Witherspoon says instead it was a family joke because she could differentiate between medical terms (both her parents are in the profession) "like Type A and Type B personalities" from an early age.

While acknowledging the four basic commuter pastimes, Mr. Brucker said he believed that those who ride the trains could additionally be divided into Type A and Type B personalities.

Type A and Type B personality theory: During the 1950s, Meyer Friedman and his co-workers defined what they called Type A and Type B behavior patterns.

Type A and Type B Personalities "There are people who actually ask conductors for wake-up calls, like they checked into the Plaza," said Mr. Brucker, the Metro-North spokesman.

Despite a certifiable Type B personality that seems never to become agitated, "he goes for the jugular," remarked Dr. William Kannel, the former director of the study, who hired Dr. Castelli in 1965 to run the Framingham laboratories.

Those who tend to be hypercritical, quick to anger, always in a hurry and often trying to do several things at once - women classified as Type A - were twice as likely to suffer heart attack as women rated as having more relaxed Type B personalities.

James W. Bergenn a former colleague of Mr. Garber's at the firm of Shipman & Goodwin in Hartford, said, "He comes across as a Type B personality and is a Type A achiever, which is ideal in our business."