Galen's Idea of a Choleric Personality

Galen's Idea of a Melancholic Personality

Galen's Idea of a Sanguine Personality

Galen's Idea of a Phlegmatic Personality

Galen proposed that a person embodied one of four temperaments (choleric, melancholic, sanguine, phlegmatic) which impacted diseases a person may get throughout their lifetime.

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Several prominent figures played a big role in personality research.
- Hippocrates
- Galen
- Franz Gall
- Immanuel Kant
- Wilhelm Wundt
- Sigmund Freud

Historical Perspectives on Personality

Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020, April 22). Psychology (2nd ed.). OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/psychology-2e/pages/1-introduction

OpenStax Psychology (2nd ed.) Textbook

A human's personality traits are based on four temperaments based on body fluids: choleric temperament, melancholic temperament, sanguine temperament, and phlegmatic temperament.

Hippocrates' Theory of Personality

Galen's Theory of Personality

The distance between bumps on a skull displayed a persons personality.

Franz Gall's Theory of Personality

Developed a list of personality traits for each of the four temperaments.

Immanuel Kant's Theory of Personality

A person's personality could be described under two axes': emotional/nonemotional and changeable/unchangeable.

Wilhelm Wundt's Theory of Personality

Freud proposed that personality arose as conflicts between the conscious and unconscious parts of the mind were carried out over the lifespan and specifically relating to the psychosexual stages of development.

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