Personality History

Question 1

The choleric individual with a predominance of yellow bile (from Greco-Roman Physicians) is….

Answer 1

…is irritable and quick to anger

Question 2

The melancholic individual, with predominant black bile (from Greco-Roman Physicians) is….

Answer 2

…is sad and anxious

Question 3

The sanguine individual, with predominant blood (from Greco-Roman Physicians) is….

Answer 3

… is positive and outgoing

Question 4

The phlegmatic individual, with predominant phlegm (from Greco-Roman Physicians) is….

Answer 4

…is slow rising in emotion and action

Question 5

Hans Eyesenck

Answer 5

German psychologist who formed their own model of personality including dimensions of neuroticism and extraversion, later adding a psychoticism dimension.

Question 6

Mary Rothbart

Answer 6

Influential researcher of temperament and development

Question 7

Gordon Allport

Answer 7

Early pioneer of personality traits including the lexical hypothesis; also studied social psychology including religion and racism