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IN this book the author has made a brave attempt to solve the various problems presented by a consideration of the word temperament. After a discussion of the various contributions made by the older writers, we are introduced to five temperaments, the sanguine, the choleric, the phlegmatic, the melancholic, and the cautious. The author appears to be impressed by the physiological basis of temperaments provided by the glands of internal secretion and by their inter-relationship with the sympathetic and para-sympathetic nervous systems. Probably time will show that this is the correct view to be taken.
Temperament: a Survey of Psychological Theories.
Constance
Bloor
By. Pp. iv + 202. (London: Methuen and Co., Ltd., 1928.) 5s. net.
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Temperament: a Survey of Psychological Theories . Nature 122, 920 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122920e0
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