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GATE 2025 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 57

Personality · Theories of Personality: Psychoanalytic, behaviourist, social, cognitive, humanism, trait and type theories · 2 marks · Multiple select

Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) of Type A personality:

  1. Ambitious
  2. Competitive
  3. Time conscious
  4. Laid back

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Correct answer: (A) Ambitious; (B) Competitive; (C) Time conscious

Explanation

Type A people are ambitious, competitive, always short of time and impatient. Being laid back is the opposite, the Type B pattern.