Introduction to the Theories of Personality (HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF PERSONALITY THEORY)

Question 1

A Greek philosopher who thought that human behavior is influenced by 4 basic elements

Answer 1

Hippocrates

Question 2

Four basic elements that influenced by human behavior.

Answer 2

air, water, fire and earth

Question 3

thought that human behavior is influenced by four body fluids or humors.

Answer 3

Hippocrates

Question 4

four body fluids or humor

Answer 4

blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile

Question 5

A Roman physician said that someone with a high blood ratio is sanguine or happy.

Answer 5

Galen

Question 6

Franz Gall is a?

Answer 6

phrenologist

Question 7

sought that personality is link to the bumps and form of the skull in the 19th century.

Answer 7

Franz Gall

Question 8

He stated that criminals’ physical characteristics characterized them as evolutionary “throwbacks”

Answer 8

Cesare Lambroso

Question 9

He categorized the personality depending on a physical type

Answer 9

Ernst Kretschmer

Question 10

Ernst Kretschmer is a?

Answer 10

German psychiatrist

Question 11

How many personality was categorized by Ernst Kretschmer?

Answer 11

4

Question 12

thin, tall, fragile, normaly built, and looks very weak

Answer 12

Asthenic

Question 13

muscular and energetic

Answer 13

Athletic

Question 14

round and robust or plump

Answer 14

Pyknic

Question 15

disproportioned body, a combination of any of the above body builds.

Answer 15

Dysplatic

Question 16

two types of mental illness that was link to physical appearance

Answer 16

pyknic body type

asthenic body type

Question 17

more likely to be more manic-depressive

Answer 17

pyknic body type

Question 18

were more likely to be schizoprenic

Answer 18

asthenic body type

Question 19

Did Kretschmer provided a concrete proof to back up his claim?

Answer 19

No

Question 20

he studied the link between physical shape and personality in the first part of the 20th century.

Answer 20

William Sheldon

Question 21

Divided the human body into 2 types

Answer 21

William Sheldon

Question 22

a hypothetical biological structure

Answer 22

Morphogenotype

Question 23

externally visible physique

Answer 23

Phrenotype