Check Out The Four Types of Temperament: Which One Do You Belong To?

There are reasons for everything we do as humans, even though it is usually difficult for us to understand why we think like we think, feel like we feel, or act like we act in life. Well, the answers for human behaviour can be found in our temperaments or personalities.

Temperament is a person’s personality that adversely have effect on their behaviour. It is an inbuilt reaction towards what is happening around us. Our temperament style plays a major role in how we see the world, how we behave and how we relate to people around us. Temperament remains constant and it determines how we react when faced with certain situations.

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There are four types of temperament and they are; Sanguine, Phlegmatic, Melancholy and Choleric.

It is however necessary to note that no individual possesses one personality type. It is usually a combination of two or more temperament with one dominating the other. All four temperaments have their own strengths and weaknesses, good and bad qualities and no temperament is better than the other. They all work hand in hand to make the world a better place.

 

SANGUINE

Sanguines are what we call fun-lovers and life of the party. They are described as enthusiastic and their energy level is very high. Sanguine people tend to be highly talkative, active and gravitate easily towards crowd. The Sanguine is sociable, charismatic and are quite expressive. Someone with this type of personality is cheerful, attract others and makes friends easily. This type of personality likes to impress people and like to be the centre of attention, they also thrive on compliments. Sanguines get bored easily and are always on the look out to explore things.

However, Sanguines struggles with completing task. They are impulsive in nature so they find it difficult to control their cravings and often make wrong decisions.  This personality type tends to forget their obligations, they are chronically late and usually disorganized. They hate routines or monotony and will do anything to fill their lives with intrigues and adventures.

 

MELANCHOLY

Individuals with melancholic temperament are fundamentally introverted, analytical in nature, thoughtful and are referred to as ‘the thinker’. Melancholic attitude could be defined as perfectionist. They often strive for perfection within themselves and their surroundings. They are idealists who wish for things to be a certain way and they get distressed when thay are not. Someone with a melancholic temperament is a deep thinker and feeler and often see the negative attributes of life, rather than the good and positive things.

They can become preoccupied with the cruelty and tragedy in the world and long to make a significant and lasting difference in the world.

Melancholies are the most introverted of the temperaments in the sense that they crave time alone and always enjoy their own company. It is possible for melancholies to enjoy spending time with others, but this drains their energy and they need time alone to recharge.

Melancholies don’t resort to rash and impulsive behavior like sanguine, they will rather think before acting. However, they are very wary of making friends. It can take them a long time toconsider someone they are familiar with a friend. However, they are extremely loyal when they get to that level, there is an old saying that says “If you have a Melancholy for a friend, you have a friend for life.”

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People with melancholic temperaments tend to be very emotional. They are moved by beauty and distress and are very easy to hurt because of their perfectionist tendencies.

They can become very moody when hurt. Melancholies are not aggressive humans, rather they tend to flee from things that cause them distress.

Most Melancholies have low self-image and are prone to depression. They respond poorly to compliment and try as much as possible to avoid attention in crowd.

 

PHLEGMATIC

Phlegmatic people are meek, submissive introverts who live to please others. They are relaxed, peaceful, quiet and easy-going individuals. A Phlegmatic person is sympathetic and caring towards others, yet they try to hide their emotions.They share a similar sense of calm with the melancholic. From the outside, it meay seems that the phlegmatic has an extreme nature but in the inside, there might be a humiliating resentment.

A Phlegmatic is like a time bomb that collects negative emotions very slowly. So if a phlegmatic is not satisfied with something about you, you may likely not suspect for months, even years. But the bomb occassionally explodes, and when this happens, it will be remembered for a long time.

They are peaceful and calm people, so the atmosphere of conflict goes against them. But they don’t run away from conflict, they are likely to find compromises to satisfy all parties.

They are tolerant of others, well-balanced, sympathetic, quiet but witty, kind and have many friends. Although they are peaceful, they tend to be relunctant when it comes to making decisions.They’ll defer to others to make choices and will feel upset and pressured if they have to make a decision themselves. They often worry about everything inwardly. It is unlikely to find a Phlegmatic in a leadership position.

They are excellent at getting the job done, if they promise something, they will do it at all cost even if they encounter difficulties. Interaction with people is mandatory for them especially if it help others. They are natural followers, and work best when they are told what to do. Phlegmatics are interested in cooperation and interpersonal harmony, this is why they preserve their family ties and friendship.

 

CHOLERIC

Fiery, impulsive, responds swifty to different situation,  passionate and unbalanced, this characteristics are most attributed to the choleric type. They have huge supply of energy flow like the sanguine. They tend to be more extroverted and seek to be in control of situations, to be on top, to be the best.

They are focused on achieving goals and they are especially inspired by ways to make money, investments, stocks, securities, this things are fun for choleric people as painting and music are fun for others.They are straightforward and love to systematize everything. Because of that, they are often good at mathematics, geometry, engineering. They like to calculate, sometimes, it all grows to greed, scrupulousness and arrogance.

Phlegmatics are firm and forceful in their approach to problems. However, they can be aggressive individuals who enjoys competition but hate losing.

They are pragmatic in nature i.e. they bluntly do what needs to be done without worrying about fantasy scenerios. Phlegmatics tend to argue for the purpose of proving themselves right rather than arguing for the sake of truth unlike someone with a melancholic personality.

They do not waste time with gossip or unproductive conversation, instead they prefer deep and long discussions. Individuals with Phlegmatic personality are described as independent and ambitious, these combined with their dominant trait make them natural-born leaders.

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Like stated earlier, all temperaments have their good and bad qualities, and none is superior to the other. The four temperaments compliments each other if we ever want to get the job done.

To be sure of the temperament category you fall into, you can find a long list of temperament/personality tests you can take online.