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.
C
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