Type A
            Time Urgency:

Impatient, hurries, under pressure, prompt and often early for appointments, watches clock, walk/talk/eat rapidly, does multiple activities simultaneously, lives in the future/always planning, feel that 'there's never enough time'.

Hates delays:

Irritable, restless with other's pace, high impatience at having to wait for someone, rage at having to wait in line, detests waisting time, drives over the speed limit, evades red lights, is 'hard on equipment,' always underestimates the time a job will take.

Hostility

Competitive, 'must win,' reluctant to share power/control/delegate, takes on more and more work, pursue more challenging tasks, makes bets, finds competitive aspect of all activities, plays hard as works, detests losing, plays to win even against children/friends, sets higher goals for self, challenging, concerned with getting and having rather than being, hard driving

Aggressive, ambitious, gets higher grades/income, measures everything in numbers/dollars, attributes success to own speed, Dominates conversations, emphasizes words in speech, finishes other's speeches, interrupts speakers, dislikes small talk, Continual emergency reaction.

Self-destructive tendancies:

    
   over-working
   gorging on high-fat foods
   overuse of stimulants
   low levels of exercise
   high alcohol intake
   smoking
   no time for self care
  
   works during vacations
   over-plan vacation's activities
   works in bed
   inability to relax/be unproductive
   fails to notice beauty/scenery/'smell the flowers'
   overschedule themselves
   overcommitted
   guilt over relaxing
   always works more than eight hours a day
   sits on edge of chairs
   make fists
   clench jaws
   taps fingers
   jiggles legs
   rapid blinks
   never still 

Cognitive:

Constant struggle for control/avoiding helplessness inihibited need for power perfectionistic demand continuous self-improvement demand excellence in every area always seeking to improve efficiency underestimate own achievements more disappointment and self-doubt

Affective:

negative cynical critical ruthless in self-reproach self-examining

'Workaholic'

recreation only with friends from work better communication at work than at home organized hobbies work as a substitute for intimate contacts reading is all work related work late more than peers do when awakened thoughts go to work live by deadlines and quotas creates unnecessary deadlines

Type B

relaxes readily focuses on the quality of their life paces themselves easygoing 'one day at a time' less ambitious lower incomes/grades less irritable

Source: The Clinician's Thesaurus 3 - The Guide Book for Wording Psychological Reports and Other Evaluations, Third Edition, Revised, Edward L. Zuckerman, Ph. D.

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