In Contrast to Early Research on the Type a Personality

question 7

Multiple Choice

In contrast to early research on the Type A personality, current research has shown that the most unhealthy component of the Type A profile is ______.

• A)being competitive
• B)having a sense of time urgency
• C)being hostile
• D)being high in neuroticism

Realize the ethical considerations and challenges in program evaluation, including the need for cultural competence and avoiding biases.

Understand the rationale and methods for client follow-up and the barriers to conducting follow-up.

Understand how information about a credit applicant is obtained and utilized.

Learn the consequences of adjustments in credit and collections decisions on accounts receivable balance.

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Definitions:

Reciprocal Determinism

A concept in psychology suggesting that an individual's behavior, personal factors, and the environment all influence each other in a circular relationship.

Self-serving Bias

The common human tendency to attribute positive events to one's own character but attribute negative events to external factors.

Spotlight Effect

The tendency to overestimate the extent to which our actions and appearance are noticed and evaluated by others.

Negative-emotion Words

Words that convey or evoke feelings of sadness, anger, fear, or other negative emotional states, often analyzed in psychological studies of emotion and language.