Read the scenario below and answer the question that follows.
Toby and Aris are senior project design leads at an urban architecture firm, managing identical workloads with the same deadlines. Toby is highly competitive, constantly races against the clock, becomes easily irritable when delayed, and frequently suffers from tension headaches. Aris, who manages the same volume of work, remains patient and calm under pressure, is happy to leave work at the office to enjoy his hobbies, and rarely experiences any physical health issues.
Question: Outline personal variables that might explain why Toby and Aris respond so differently to their work environment.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Stress with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 100 questions covering Physiology of stress, Role of stress in illness, Sources of stress, Measuring stress, Individual differences in stress, and Managing and coping with stress, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.