The personality and temperament are closely connected among themselves. The temperament in many respects defines personal properties, specific features and also character of the personality.
Instruction
1. In spite of the fact that each person is individual, people possess a general series of lines which are the cornerstone of their temperament. Allocate four clean types of temperament. Among them choleric person, phlegmatic person, sanguine person, melancholiac. In the nature they meet rather seldom, most often people have the mixed temperament.
2. The choleric type of temperament demonstrates that before you - the outstanding and active personality. The choleric person thinks and makes decisions extremely quickly, he is persistent in achievement of the goal. As a rule, holds a leading position in society. At it the mood often changes and there are emotional failures. In disputes does not go on compromises and goes prior to a total victory. Choleric persons are very efficient, but they quickly spend the energy and is exhausted.
3. The phlegmatic person is quiet and balanced, avaricious on external manifestation of emotions and feelings. He likes to plan the life and to predict consequences of the acts. He is rather sluggish, but at the same time - is obligatory and performs the work in time. Phlegmatic persons are conservatives on life, they seldom change the preferences and habits.
4. Melancholiacs are often sad and oppressed. They externally are always reserved and do not show emotions. At the same time are sensitive to criticism and a praise, are emotionally vulnerable though can not show it. Places great demands on itself, demands the same also from an environment. Melancholiacs are introverts, they are not afraid of loneliness.
5. The sanguine person - the vigorous and cheerful person. He is easily trained, well is guided in an unfamiliar situation and is rather resourceful. It is intolerant of routine work and stereotypic thinking. He is rather efficient, but until work is interesting to it. The sanguine person possesses a wide range of interests, however, they often change.
6. The temperament does not affect ability of the person to achieve success in life, just some problems are solved easier by the person with one type of temperament, others - with another. Each temperament has positive and negative properties. So, to melancholiacs good education and high level of self-checking, to phlegmatic persons - consistency, to sanguine persons - responsiveness, to choleric persons - activity helps to prove. At the same time to melancholiacs create serious problems shyness, to phlegmatic persons - sluggishness, to sanguine persons - inconstancy, to choleric persons - aggression and irritability.
7. The type of temperament determines the speed of course of mental processes (in particular, the perception speed, speed of thinking, attentiveness and so forth); plasticity; rate of activity; intensity of mental processes (power of emotions and activity of will); orientation of the personality (ekstravertny or introspective). Any given lines of temperament form the basis of character of the personality and form her special style of interaction with the outside world.