Personality/Types
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Human societies have been "typing" people in terms of their physiology and psychology for thousands of years. Typing allocates a person to single, discrete categories and is to be distinguished from the trait approach.
Greek humours
editThe ancient Greeks considered there to be four types of personality which was determined by excesses of different types of bodily fluids.
Humor | Fluid | Character |
---|---|---|
Choleric | yellow bile | Irritable |
Melancholic | black bile | Depressed |
Sanguine | blood | Optimistic |
Phlegmatic | phlegm | Calm |
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
editBlock's types
editExternal links
edit- Personality Types (Wilderdom)