Have you ever wondered what makes you act the way you act ,feel the way you feel,behave the way you do?(
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The answer to that question is due to your temperament. Temperament is a combination of inborn traits that affects a persons behavior permanently. A Greek physician Hippocrates (450bc-370bc) the father of medicine came up with a theory that humans moods, emotions,and behavior were caused by an excess or deficiency of body fluids called 'humour' but later research and study showed that this theory was wrong, but this system of evaluating human personality is still applicable in today's time.
The are mainly 4 types of temperament;
1.Sanguine
2.Choleric
3.Melancholic
4.Phlegmatic
The 4 are further subdivided into 12 other temperament in total. This comes about when a person exhibits multiple temperaments
SANGUINE:
When we say a person is sanguine it means the are super extroverts,the life of the party, if you go to anyplace the are the loudest people there and drag the most attention. Such people have their strengths and their weaknesses this is explored below
SANGUINE STRENGTHS :
-The are very friendly and tend to make
discussions entertaining
-Keeps up with current trends
-Very friendly and entertaining
-Quick to anger but calm
-Easily forgive and forget
-They instantly take correction
-The serguine person will excel mostly in
entertainment and mass media sector
SANGUINE WEAKNESSES:
-They can be very jealous
-They are bad decision makers
-They hate taking on ward task because it brings
discomfort to themself
-They are self centered
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MELANCHOLY
When you say someone is melancholic the person posses the features of serguine but give deeper thought and feelings into what he is doing. He feels things for a longer time and he is not too excited about. They are the most creative and innovative of all the temperament.
MELANCHOLY STRENGTH :
-The have a serious view about things in life therefore when something catches their interests the tend to be hard working and putting much thought
-The are very wide readers the tend to seek knowledge on a subject from different sources.
-A great supporter,dependable,trustworthy.
-Self motivated
MELANCHOLY WEAKNESSES :
-The get easily provoked by injustice.
-They can easily stop having confidence in his friends.
-He doesn't yet trust people.
-He gets too suspicious.
CHOLERIC
When we talk about choleric it simply applies to born leaders. This set of people possess alot of energy and are deadass focused on their goals and ideals. Due to this the are very dominative leading to become tyrannical. The are very bossy. The are very cold and analytical.
CHOLERIC STRENGTHS:
- The are not easily discouraged from achieving their goals.
-The are born leaders.
-The are independent and motivate people.
-The are good decision makers.
-Very organized
-Goal oriented
-The are quite antisocial
CHOLERIC WEAKNESSES:
- The are very bossy and controlling.
-The don't condone failure from does under them. - The are very quick to anger.
- The are extreme perfectionist
-The are extremely proud so when the are at fault the hardly take other peoples correction or apologize.
PHLEGMATIC
Phlegmatics are very submissive, introvert ,lazy. The are very cold and analytical and nothing catches their emotions easily. The are good listeners and don't need to be entertained by what the person says. The are. good jokers. The have a lot of friend like the sanguine but the tend to understand people more deeply than sanguine Ie the are empathic.
PHLEGMATIC STRENGTHS:
-The work well under pressure
-When he fails at a task he isn't very moved by it but finds a way to do better.
-He doesn't expect new things and is comfortable with what he has.
-The are very dependable friends.
PHLEGMATIC WEAKNESSES:
- He tends to be lazy and neglects his duties.
-The are not goal oriented and have zero aspirations in life so due to this the can't make life changing decisions.
-The are resistant to change
-The are indecisive,sturborn
The are resistant to change and the find it very hard to change jobs, houses etc.
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