Some Temperament Differences

Quotes from Tim LaHaye

Alike in Love: When Opposites Attract (Hear...

DRIVING

"Sanguines are often dangerous drivers because they are so people-oriented.  If you sit in the front, it is okay  If you sit in the back, he'll be turning around to talk to you -- and that can be hazardous to your health.

Phlegmatics drive about 15 miles under the speed limit and come to a complete stop before entering the on-ramp of the freeway, creating a long line of traffic behind them.  Phlegmatics never get into accidents; they cause them.

Cholerics drive in and out of lanes and take every shortcut in an effort to save a minute going to church or to work.

Melancholics drive exactly right.  I mean, they rarely get tickets, they always drive one mile under the speed limit -- never over the speed limit.  Everything is perfect."

BROWSING A BOOK TABLE

"Sanguines look at [the] book table and say 'Oh, these are beautiful.  I want one of everything.'  They buy them all but never read them.

Phlegmatic don't buy many books; they usually fall asleep reading.

The Choleric comes up to the book table and says to her husband, 'You need to read this, and you need that, and you need the other one.'

The Melancholic comes up, looks over the selection very carefully, picks a book up and puts it down.  Later, he comes back and looks at it again and puts it down."

BLENDS

"The 'san-clor' would be a super extroverted leader.
The 'san-mel' would be a highly emotional person prone to cry at telephone numbers and birds that fly overhead.
A 'san-phleg' would be aself-indulgent, happy floater who would sink into bankruptcy by the time he was 40 years of age.  A nice person but, but not very productive.

A 'phleg-san' makes for a very congenial, people-oriented individual who is often medical or service oriented.
The 'phleg-clor' has great leadership potential and makes a good administrator.
The 'phleg-mel' creates a superb scholar who wouldn't be an irritator.

A 'clor-san' would be an extroverted, highly energetic leader and producer.
A 'clor-mel' would always be crusading for some cause or trying to change something to make it better.
The 'clor-phleg' would make a great administrator.  Gentle and diplomatic because of the phlegmatic, he would be forceful enough to supervise people without dominating them.

A 'mel-san' would make a great teacher because the sanguine has the ability to say it, and the melancholy has something to say. If we turned it around, however, we might get a teacher who talks too much about nothing.
The 'mel-clor' person makes a gifted medical doctor.  In fact, I am not sure a doctor could get through medical school without some melancholy.  This part of his temperament provides him with a high IQ and the ability to look at words and remember them."

Waah, he left out the 'mel-phleg.'

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Table of theories and instruments using extroversion and people-task-orientation

Winter T4   |  Autumn T3   |  Spring T1   |  Summer T2

Date	Founder	Extroversion scales	People-task orientation scale	Introverted,  task-oriented	Extroverted,  task-oriented	Extroverted, relationship-oriented	Introverted, relationship -oriented	Moderate
c. 450 BC	Classical  elements	Scales not recognized	Areas not recognized	earth	fire	air	water	ether
c. 400 BC	Hippocrates's  four humours	Scales not recognized	Areas not recognized	black bile	yellow bile	blood	phlegm	Not Recognized
c. 190	Galen's four temperaments	response-delay (quick, slow)	response-sustain (short, long)	melancholic	choleric	sanguine	phlegmatic	Not Recognized
c. 1025	Avicenna's four primary temperaments [12]	morbid states, functional power, subjective sensations, physical signs	Areas not distinguished	rheumatism,  insomnia, wakefulness, acquiredhabit,  lack of desire for fluids	loss of vigour, deficientenergy,  insomnia, wakefulness, high pulserate,  lassitude, acquiredhabit	loss of vigour,  lassitude, deficient energy, sleepiness, high pulserate,  lassitude	rheumatism,  lassitude, lack of desire for fluids, sleepiness	Not Recognized
c. 1900	Ivan Pavlov's  four  temperaments	Passivity: (Active or Passive)	Extremeness: (Extreme response or Moderate response)	melancholic (Weak inhibitory)	choleric (Strong excitatory)	sanguine (Lively)	phlegmatic (Calm imperturbable)	Not Recognized
c. 1900	Alfred Adler's  four Styles of Life	"activity"	"social interest"	Avoiding	Ruling or Dominant	Socially Useful	Getting or Leaning	Not Recognized
c. 1928	William  Marston and  John G. Geier  DiSC  assessment	Assertive/ Passive	Open/ Controlled	Conscien- tiousness	Dominance	Influence	Steadiness	Not Recognized
c. 1947	Erich Fromm's  four Types of Character	assimilation	socialization	Hoarding	Exploitative	Marketing	Receptive	Not Recognized
c. 1948	California Psychological Inventory  CPI 260	action, social confidence/ inner life, privacy	Rule-favoring /questioning, stability/value system, Agreeable/ disagreeable	Visualizer	Leader	Innovator	Supporter	Not Recognized
1958	MBTI codes	E/I,	Informative/ Directive (mapped by David Keirsey)	ISTJ, INTJ,  ISTP, INFJ I..J mostly	ESTJ, ENTJ, ESTP, ENFJ E..J	ESFP, ENFP, ESFJ, ENTP E..P	ISFP, INFP, ISFJ, INTP I..P mostly	Not Recognized
c. 1958	William Schutz, FIRO-B	Expressed	Wanted	See FIRO article for score names.
c. 1960s	Stuart Atkins  LIFO's four Orientations To Life	Planning vs.Doing	Directing vs. Inspiring	Conserving-Holding	Controlling-Taking	Adapting- Dealing	Supporting-Giving	Not Recognized
c. 1960s	David Merrill, "Social Styles"	Assertiveness (Ask-Tell)	Responsiveness (Control-Emote)	Analytical	Driving	Expressive	Amiable	Not Recognized
1964	Blake- Mouton  Managerial  Grid Model	Concern for People, Productivity	Areas not distinguished	Impoverished	Produce or Perish	Team Type	Country Club	Middle of the Road
c. 1966	Temperament  by LaHaye	Compares other instruments [13]	Areas not distinguished	Melancholy	Choleric	Sanguine	Phlegmatic	"passive sanguine" [14]
1973	Jay Hall  Conflict  Management [15]	Concern for personal goals	Concern for relationships	Leave-lose/win	Win/lose	Synergistic; Win/win	Yield-lose/win	Mini-win/mini-lose
1974	Thomas- Kilmann  Conflict  Modes[16]	Assertiveness	Cooperativeness	Avoiding	Competing	Collaborating	Accommodating	Compromising
c. 1984	The Arno  Profile System  (Five  Temperaments)	Expressive	Responsive	Melancholy	Choleric	Sanguine	Supine	Phlegmatic
c. 1995	Worley  Identification Discovery  Profile	Demonstrated, Desired	Social, Leadership, Relationship	Melancholy	Choleric	Sanguine	Phlegmatic	Introverted Sanguine
c. 1996	Tony Alessandra Personality Styles	Indirect/Direct	Open/Guarded	Thinker	Director	Socializer	Relater	Not Recognized
c. 1998	Hartman Personality Profile	Not recognized	Not recognized	Blue	Red	Yellow	White	Not recognized
c. 2001	Linda V. Berens' four Interaction Styles	Initiating-Responding	Informing- Directing	Chart the Course	In Charge	Get Things Going	Behind the Scenes	Not Recognized

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-factor_models_of_personality

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Smalley: Otter, Retriever, Lion & Beaver

A Comparison of Four Dimension Personality Instruments*
William Moulton Marston	D	I	S	C
	Dominance	Influence	Steadiness	Compliance
DISC Personality System -	Dominant	Influencing	Steady	Compliant
Merrill-Reid Personal Styles	Driver	Expressive	Amiable	Analytical
LaHaye Hippocrates	Powerful Choleric	Popular Sanguine	Peaceful Phlegmatic	Perfect Melancholic
Smalley/Trent Animals	Lion	Otter	Golden Retriever	Beaver
The Color Code, Hartman	Red	Yellow	White	Blue
True Colors	Green	Orange	Gold	Blue
David W. Keirsey	Rationals NT	Artisans SP	Guardians SJ	Idealists NF
	Type 3	Type 1	Type 2	Type 4

• Personality Test from The Smalley Center (free printable PDF)

rom Gary Smalley:

• The Two Sides of Love
• The personality series – #1 – The Lion
• The personality series – #2 – The Social Director (Episode 52)
• The personality series – #3 – The Golden Retriever (Episode 53)
• The personality series – #4 – The Beaver (Episode 54)
• The Otter and Beaver relationship explained (Episode 55)
• The Lion and Golden Retriever relationship revealed (Episode 56)
• The Otter and Lion relationship dynamic revealed (Episode 57)
• Smalley Personality & Relationship Strengths Online Assessment

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Personality Plus!

Personality Plus: How to Understand Others ... 

Florence Littauer's Personality Plus original book in her series, is great.  She looks at the strengths of all the temperaments first, followed by chapters on the strategies to help each deal with their challenges. She addresses how we are usually a blend of more than one of the temperaments. And she gives information on how to get along between the temperaments.

Sanguine is "Popular", Phlegmatic is "Pleasant", Choleric is "Powerful" and Melancholy is "Perfect."

 For those of us interested in the seasonal color analysis use of Grieek Humors, Sanguine is like Spring or T1, Phlegmatic is like Summer T2, Choleric is like Autumn T3, and Melancholic is like Winter or T4.

"In Personality Plus, Florence Littauer gives you valuable insight for appreciating your one-of-a-kind, God-given personality. She includes a Personality Profile test that reveals how your unique blend of traits affects your emotions, work performance, and relationships. Through humorous anecdotes and straightforward counsel, Personality Plus guides you to improve upon your strengths and correct your weaknesses.

This engaging book also provides keys to understanding those around you. You'll learn how to accept-and even enjoy-the traits that make each of us so different. Personality Plus is the tool you need to change your life, and the lives of those you care about, for the better. "

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Personality Plus for Couples

Personality Plus for Parents

Personality at Work

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