personality types ppt

1. Personality
Type A vs Type B

2. Type A Personality
• A Type A personality is easy to identify. People who have this type of
personality want to be high achievers. They push themselves to be
the best. Type A personalities tend to be competitive, even if they are
competing against themselves. There’s usually quite an imbalance in
their life, when it comes to love, finances, or health.

3. Symptoms
• Are always moving, walking and eating rapidly
• Always try to do two things at one time
• Cannot cope up with leisure time
• Are obsessed with numbers, measuring their success in terms of how
many or how much of everything they acquire

4. Type A Characteristics
• Highly Competitive
• Achievement Oriented
• Always in a hurry (Impulsive)
• Aggressive

5. Type A Personality- Example
• “There are four students in a group working on a poster project for
their high-school English class. Student 1 figures that there are three
other people in the group and decides to take a nap during class time,
thinking that someone else will get the project done. Student 2 wants
to do well on the project but is not outspoken enough to get her
ideas out there. Student 3 takes out a pencil and paper and decides to
write down all her thoughts in an organized way and makes all her
ideas known to the group. Student 4 is balancing a pencil on his
nose.”

6. Type B Personality
• Type B is often called “non-Type A.” A person with a Type B
personality is everything that a person with a Type A personality is
not. Type B personalities are not as concerned with being the best or
finishing first. Rather than powering toward an end goal, people with
a Type B personality may prefer to explore different possibilities and
ways to achieve that goal. Life is about the journey rather than the
destination.

7. Symptoms
• They never suffer from urgency
• Can relax without guilt
• Play for fun and relaxation, rather than to exhibit their superiority at
any cost
• They do not feel need of displaying or discussing their achievement

8. Type B Characteristics
• Relaxed
• Patient
• Easy going

9. BASIS FOR
COMPARISON
TYPE A PERSONALITY TYPE B PERSONALITY
Meaning Type A personality is
one which is stress
prone, in a hurry,
impatient and fast in
whatever they do.
Type B personality is one
which is less stress
prone patient, relaxed
and easy going.
Nature Sensitive and proactive Reflective and
innovative
Patience level Low High
Temperament Short-termpered Even-tempered
Competition Highly-competitive Less-competitive
Multitasking Does several things at a
time.
Does one thing at a
time.
Stress level High Low
Time constraints Encounters pressure
because of time
constraints
Is not affected by time
constraints.