PSY 260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Characterology, Hans Eysenck, Zoolander
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These three questions tie ancient philosophy to contemporary psych: temple at delphi know thyself , socrates interested only in self-knowledge. Secondary realization: it is hard to know oneself, unconscious influences. Today: implicit personality theory, personality psychology. The zoolander questions self-discovery is a natural stage in every individual"s life. Origins: characterology: the literary study of different personalities. This happens to no man in athens but you. Theophrastus the garrulous man is one that will sit down close beside somebody he does not know and not stop talking. Origins differences: humoural theory: the attempt to find biological bases for individual. Four types: sanguine (even-tempered, blood) - air, choleric (irritable, yellow bile) - fire, melancholic (depressed, black bile) earth, phlegmatic (low energy, phlegm) water. Contemporary: assessment of personality, mental measurement, the study of individual differences. What will my future be: origins their futures, contemporary. Since the ancient oracle at delphi, people have wondered about.
