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Human societies have been "typing" people in terms of their physiology and psychology for thousands of years. Typing allocates a person to single, discrete categories and is to be distinguished from the trait approach.
[edit] Greek humours
The ancient Greeks considered there to be four types of personality which was determined by excesses of different types of bodily fluids.
| Humor |
Fluid |
Character |
| Choleric |
yellow bile |
Irritable |
| Melancholic |
black bile |
Depressed |
| Sanguine |
blood |
Optimistic |
| Phlegmatic |
phlegm |
Calm |
[edit] Sheldon's somatotypes
[edit] Block's types
[edit] External links
