A Person with a Type a Personality

question 136

Multiple Choice

A person with a Type A personality:

• A) believes in taking breaks during work.
• B) is oriented toward extreme achievement and perfectionism.
• C) never interrupts the speech of others.
• D) believes in doing one task at a time.
• E) is oriented toward extreme patience.

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Definitions:

Tradition

The transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.

Status Obligations

Responsibilities or behaviors expected from an individual based on their social, professional, or familial position.

Enculturation

The process of transmitting a group’s culture from one generation to the next.

Ethnocentrism

Belief that your cultural traditions and assumptions are superior to those of others.