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Gelen believed that the imbalances of the humors led to both ___ & ___ disorders.

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Physiological and psychological

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According to Galen what personality traits are associated with the four personality types/temperaments?

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  1. Sanguine is happy
  2. Melancholic is unhappy
  3. Phlegmatic is calm
  4. Choleric is angry
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According to Hippocrates, personality temperament was based on bodily fluids, defining what four types of temperament?

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Black bile for melancholic
Yellow bile for choleric
Red blood (heart) for sanguine
White phlegm (lungs) for phlegmatic

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