Regarding the Type a Personality, Which of the Following Statements

question 641

Multiple Choice

Regarding the Type A personality, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) One study of Type A personalities found that 15 percent of a group of 25-year-old doctors and lawyers who scored high on a hostility test were dead by age 50.
• B) While Type A behavior appears to promote heart disease, depression and distress may be what triggers a heart attack.
• C) The most damaging patterns of Type A personalities may occur in hostile persons who openly express their anger rather than suppressing it.
• D) The key psychological factors that increase heart disease risk appear to be anger, hostility, and mistrust.

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