Temperaments Of Personality (Galen)

Question 1

What are temperaments?

Answer 1

Human emotions and behavior

Question 2

What are the four temperaments of personality?

Answer 2

Melancholic, phlegmatic, choleric, sanguine

Question 3

What personality traits correspond to MELANCHOLIC?

Answer 3

Sad, fearful, depressed, poetic, artistic

Question 4

What personality traits correspond with PHLEGMATIC?

Answer 4

Slow, quiet, shy, rational, consistent

Question 5

What personality traits correspond with CHOLERIC?

Answer 5

Fiery, energetic, passionate

Question 6

What personality traits correspond with SANGUINE?

Answer 6

Warm-hearted, cheerful, optimistic, confident

Question 7

What are “humors”?

Answer 7

Fluids that affect the functioning of our body

Question 9

How does one cure emotional and behavioral problems?

Answer 9

By restoring the balance of the humors

Question 10

What is the reason for dominating personality types?

Answer 10

One of the four humors develops excessively

Question 11

Is Galen a credible philosopher?

Answer 11

No. Andreas Vesalius found over 200 errors in Galen’s descriptions of anatomy.
However he did influence 20th century psychologists

Question 12

What did Hans Eysenck conclude in 1947 about temperament?

Answer 12

Temperament is biologically based and two personality traits he found (neuroticism and extraversion) echoed Galen’s original temperments