Characteristics of four temperament types of body fluid theory

Hippocrates, an ancient Greek doctor, put forward the theory of "four body fluids", arguing that temperament depends on the mixing ratio of four fluids in human body, namely blood, mucus, yellow bile and black bile, and divided human temperament into sanguine, mucus, bile and depression, in which body fluids are dominant. This theory of body fluid has been denied, but the names of four temperament types are still in use.

Pavlov believes that there are four typical types of higher nervous activity, namely, active type, quiet type, irrepressible type and weak type, which correspond to the four temperament types of Hippocrates, namely, four typical behaviors of higher nervous activity. In addition to these four typical types, there are many intermediate types.

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The viewpoint of Pavlov School was further developed by successors, such as Teploff and Niebelizen, who advocated studying the characteristics of nervous system and its judgment indexes; Melling advocated discussing the relationship between the characteristics of nervous system and temperament, and emphasized that the organization of several characteristics of nervous system is the basis of temperament. Some people attribute temperament to differences in constitution, endocrine glands or blood types, but the physiological basis of temperament is still uncertain. ?

Temperament is formed on the basis of people's physiological quality, through life practice and the influence of acquired conditions, and is dominated by people's world outlook and personality. Its characteristics are generally manifested through people's handling of problems and interpersonal communication, showing typical and stable individual psychological characteristics.