PSY 226 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 PSY 226
16 Dec 2022
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A more recent and better-known effort regarding body types was that of william sheldon. Sheldon reported that people who had mesomorphic physiques (strong, athletic and muscular) tended to have somatotonic temperaments (energetic, assertive and courageous). Endomorphic body builds (soft, round and with large stomachs) were associated with viscerotonic personalities (relaxed, gregarious and food-loving). Ectomorphic physiques (tall, thin and fragile) were common among cerebrotonic personality types (fearful, introverted and restrained). Galen"s bodily humors, personality types and elements: For most personality characteristics, people fit at some point on a continuous distribution of that characteristic rather than into the either-or categories provided by type concepts. To study the organization of traits, many psychologists have turned to complex statistical methods such as factor analysis. In his search for the basic elements of personality, cattell performed extensive factor analyses of three types of data: life records (ratings of behavior in everyday situations), self-ratings on personality scales, and scores on objective tests.
