Introduction and ExplanationFour Temperaments Test

Melancholic Phlegmatic
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Comparison

Melancholic Choleric Phlegmatic Sanguine

Hard Hard Soft Soft

Melancholics are Cholerics are tough, Phlegmatics are Sanguines are fun-
'intense', serious, strong, and focused. calm and loving and easy-
and 'deep'. They They set their minds submissive; they going. They believe
care strongly about on a goal and strive wish for peace and that people who
things and it's to achieve it, to get quiet, a simple life take things too
important to them things done. They free of worries and seriously need to
that things are as do not back down conflict. take a chill pill, get a
close to perfection when challenged. Compromising to life, go out and have
as possible. achieve peace is some fun.
more important than
being right.
 Introverted Extroverted Introverted Extroverted
Being around other Being superior to Phlegmatics are Sanguines get
people is fine in others needs others social - as quiet BOOOORED when
small doses, to feel superior to. listeners, anyway - not surrounded by
especially when the You can't rise above when approached, people. They don't
Melancholic can the heads of others but feel that it's not feel alive unless
exchange thoughts, in a crowd of one, so their place to they're with friends,
feelings and ideas, cholerics seek other approach others. strangers, anything,
but it gets draining people to add to They do enjoy social expressing
fast. Melancholics their tribe, to lead gatherings because themselves and
need time alone in and command, to they like making being involved in the
order to recharge; give them a sense of people happy, being energy of social
being alone is when authority. useful to them, but interaction.
they feel most at they prefer quieter,
ease. calmer interactions.

Reserved Expressive Reserved Expressive

Melancholics have Cholerics are not Phlegmatics are Sanguines express
very specific ideas afraid to speak their calm and quiet; they their extreme and
about what they like minds. They want to are great listeners, ever-changing
and what they don't have influence and but don't assert emotions very
like. The outer world control over the themselves because openly; you can
is chaotic and full of world, to make they don't want to always tell how
things that they themselves known. be a bother. They'd they're thinking or
dislike, so they keep As natural leaders, if rather let others feeling because they
inside their inner someone's doing speak or run things, make it very
worlds. They are something that they keeping their own apparent. This gets
sensitive and fear don't like, they'll thoughts to them attention.
being hurt, so they stop them. If they themselves.
keep things to want something,
themselves. they'll get it.

Slow Quick Slow Quick

Reactions Reactions Reactions Reactions
Melancholics will grit Cholerics have short Phlegmatics are Sanguines' moods
their teeth and bear fuses, and will snap calm and reserved, are all over the
the things that they if challenged before and they seek peace place; elatedly high
dislike over a long their dominance has and hate change. one minute, maudlin
time before finally a chance to be Their emotions tend and melodramatic
snapping. It takes threatened. They are to stay at a constant the next. They 'live
them a long, long quick to jump to relaxed level. They fast' in terms of
time before they can action when a leader will endure all kinds emotions, and are
learn to love and is needed, quick to of abuse because very quick to make
accept any given seize opportunities they put others friends. They flit
thing, because their before others have above themselves, about between
perfect worlds of the chance to. and they are views and interests
feelings and opinions reluctant to seize as the world
are built up new things because changes around
carefully, they are indecisive. them.
deliberately, and are
difficult to change
once established.

Long Long Short Short

Duration Duration Duration Duration
Once a melancholic Cholerics remember Phlegmatics are If the phlegmatic's
has added a truth to their enemies, their quick to forgive and mood is a still pool,
their perfect, rivals, as they assert forget, as they are the sanguine's might
carefully-built inner their power by nice and eager to be a raging ocean.
universe, this truth making any who assume the best of Up one minute,
will stay there for a wrong them deeply others so that down the next,
very, very long time. regret doing so. everyone can just forever in motion
They hold grudges, They honour their get along. Grudges and never staying in
they are upset for friendships, keep bring conflict, which any state for very
ages by the slightest their promises, as they avoid. Their long at all. They'll be
things. If something any good leader moods are like still raving mad one
makes them happy, should. pools; any ripples minute, in tears the
it will continue to do are fleeting, and next, happy again
so for a long time soon the calmness moments later, then
because their love returns. Positive and asking what's for
for it was built up negative moods are dinner as if nothing
slowly, and with expressed weakly ever happened at
much thought and and disappear all.
planning, rather than quickly. They rarely
being a whimsical, get very high or very
impulsive decision. low, and will usually
They become deeply be back to normal
devoted to their the next day.
interests.

Emotional Unemotional Unemotional Emotional

Melancholics are Emotions are a sign Phlegmatics are Sanguines blow the
deeply sensitive, and of weakness. The calm, their minds are smallest things out
moved strongly by only emotions that at peace. They of proportion. I can't
emotion. They are cholerics are likely to rarely stray from this find my keys! AGH!!
prone to tears, show are rage when peace, and any I HATE THE
either by beauty or defied, and joy when emotions are WORLD!!
by distress, and they their enemies are fleeting. They don't EVERYTHING IS
feel fear readily and humiliated. Crying is want to be a bother MISERY!! I'M
strongly too. for wimps. by expressing their CRYING NOW!!! Oh!
own feelings on Here they are!
others. Hooray!! Doin' a
little jig! This is like
the best day ever!!

Low Self- High Self- Low Self- High Self-

Esteem Esteem Esteem Esteem
No matter how hard Cholerics are the Phlegmatics defer to Sanguines are great!
they strive for biggest, toughest, others, and never They're excellent at
perfection, strongest, bestest seek to glorify everything they do!
melancholics know people around. themselves. They They love how
that they can never They're great, feel they are not showing off about
reach it. They spend they're better than more important than their many varied
much time alone, you, they're at the anyone else. They'd abilities and
and their analytical top of the food hate to brag, excellent tastes
minds become chain. Could an because that'd be a make people
aware of every one alpha be any other bother, it'd assert compliment and
of their faults way? themselves above praise them! Oh
through deep and others. If mistakes happy, oh joy!
rigorous are made, they Everything's great!
introspection. They blame themselves Look at me,
can't be perfect, for upsetting the everyone!
which makes them calmness, being a
feel unhappy about bother. Could it be
themselves. anyone else's fault
but theirs? No, it'd
be mean to think so.

Pessimistic Optimistic Pessimistic Optimistic

The world is not a I'm confident that I'll Oh, I hope I can do Things'll turn out
perfect place... The succeed. That other this right... I'm alright, you'll see!
worst always seems guy? Not so much. worried that I might Look on the bright
to happen. People I'll beat him, that's not be able to. I'm side! Every cloud has
are nasty to right. I'm just so not really very good a silver lining! Just
eachother, and it's great, I can't see at things, after all! sit back and enjoy
so distressing... Why how I'll fail. Haha, Someone much the show, that's
try anything? I'll those jokers in better than me what I always say!
probably only fail... politics are always would be able to do Don't stress so
I'll never reach screwing up, though, this a lot better than much!
perfection. lemme tell ya! If I I could.
were in charge, I'd
do things right.

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