Four Temperament Theory Flashcards

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Sanguine

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Sanguine personality type is described primarily as being highly talkative, enthusiastic, active, and social.

Sanguines tend to be more extroverted and enjoy being part of a crowd; they find that being social, outgoing, and charismatic is easy to accomplish.

Individuals with this personality have a hard time doing nothing and engage in more risk seeking behaviour.

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Choleric

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Choleric individuals tend to be more extroverted. They are described as independent, decisive, and goal-oriented, and ambitious.

These combined with their dominate, result-oriented outlook make them natural leaders.

In Greek, Medieval and Renaissance thought, they were also violent, vengeful, and short-tempered.

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Melancholic

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Melancholic individuals tend to be analytical and detail-oriented, and they are deep thinkers and feelers.

They are introverted and try to avoid being singled out in a crowd.

A melancholic personality leads to self-reliant individuals who are thoughtful, reserved, and often anxious.

They often strive for perfection within themselves and their surroundings, which leads to tidy and detail oriented behavior.

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Phlegmatic

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Phlegmatic individuals tend to be relaxed, peaceful, quiet, and easy-going.

They are sympathetic and care about others, yet they try to hide their emotions.

Phlegmatic individuals also are good at generalizing ideas or problems to the world and making compromises.

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