Hi On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Hetzel, Rod wrote:
> On a more serious note, I have a question for all of the > personality psychologists out there in TIPS land. I've had a > number of students who have wanted to write papers on > Hippocrate's model of temperaments (sanguine, melancholic, > phlegmatic, and choleric). This would be an appropriate > topic for a History of Psychology class, but these students > have wanted to write papers that view this approach as a > contemporary model that is viable and useful for > understanding personality. > What is the current thinking among personality psychologists > about this model of temperaments? Are some of the current > models of temperament/personality, such as the MBTI and the > Keirsey, more psychometrically and conceptually sound than > Hippocrate's model? Are there any scales that measure > Hippocrate's temperaments? Am I missing something? I'm not a personality theorist but do use a figure in my Culture and Psychology class that maps the classic Greek temperaments onto Eysenck's two-factor model. Also, Jerome Kagan has a book titled "Galen's Prophecy: Temperament in Human Nature." I think the 4 humours may be Galen, rather than Hippocrates. Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
