early biological theories of personality

Question 1

hippocrates

Answer 1

4 personality types:
1. choleric- quick tempered
2. sanguine- warm, cheerful
3. phlegmatuc- sluggish, calm
4. melancholic- gloomy

Question 2

galen

Answer 2

• personality depended on balance of 4 humours in the body
• choleric disposition (quick tempered)- too much yellow bile
• sanguine disposition (cheerful)- too much blood
• phlegmatic disposition (calm, sluggish)- phlegm
• melancholic disposition (gloomy)- black bile

Question 3

is body type related to personality type

Answer 3

2 models
1. genes influence body type and personality so there is a relation
2. genes influence body type which then influences personality (influences hoq you behave or how others behave towards you)

Question 4

kretchsmer

Answer 4

3 main types of physique
1. aesthenic- fragile, narrowly built- more likely to develop schizophrenia
2. athletic- muscular- more likely to develop thought disorders
3. pyknic- plump- more likely to develop manic depression/bipolar
if werent any- dysplastic-

Question 5

sheldon

Answer 5

1. endomorphy- plump
2. mesomorphy- muscular
3. ectomorphy- frail
   somatotyping- used rating system 1-7 1=not very, 7=very
   then said 3 personality types
4. visceratonia- relaxed
5. somatonia- energetic
6. cerebrotonia- secretive
   endomorph- visceratonia
   mesomorph- somatonia
   ectomorph- cerebrotonia