What are the characteristics of Type A individuals? What part of the Type A personality is a risk factor for heart disease?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
• Type A people are ambitious, impatient, angry, hardworking, and have high standards for themselves.
• Cynical or antagonistic hostility—which characterizes people who are mistrustful of others and always ready to provoke mean, furious arguments—is the associated trait that is a risk factor for heart disease.

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