Measuring Personality: Crash Course Psychology #22
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How would you describe your personality? Maybe friendly, creative, quirky? What about nervous, or timid, or outgoing? But has anyone ever called you a sanguine? What about a Kapha, or full of metal? Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates believed personality manifested itself in four different humors, and, basically, you are who you are because of your balance of phlegm, blood, and yellow and black bile. According to traditional Chinese medicine, our personalities depend on the balance of five elements: Earth, Wind, Water, Metal and Fire. Those who practice traditional Hindu Ayurvedic Medicine view each other as unique combinations of three different mind-body principles called Doshas. But Sigmund Freud thought our personalities depended in part on who was w...
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How would you describe your personality? Maybe friendly, creative, quirky? What about nervous, or timid, or outgoing? But has anyone ever called you a sanguine? What about a Kapha, or full of metal? Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates believed personality manifested itself in four different humors, and, basically, you are who you are because of your balance of phlegm, blood, and yellow and black bile. According to traditional Chinese medicine, our personalities depend on the balance of five elements: Earth, Wind, Water, Metal and Fire. Those who practice traditional Hindu Ayurvedic Medicine view each other as unique combinations of three different mind-body principles called Doshas. But Sigmund Freud thought our personalities depended in part on who was w...
