Personality plus is a personality test based on the four key personality types. Florence littauer is a christian selfhelp author and public speaker. A revealing personality profile selftest and littauers insightful advice help readers better understand themselves and. An overview of the four temperaments kindred grace. The personality plus personality profiles choleric. This is for you, about you and your answers belong to you. This quiz and worksheet will discuss melancholy temperaments. I sit back and enjoy watching the intricacies of human relationships develop and the good and the bad of personalities pushed to their limits. The little things you forget the big four temperaments. Do certain personality types have a particular communication. Sheet one directions in each of the following rows of four words across, place an x in front of the one and only one word that most often applies to you. They hold themselves and others to unrealistically high standards, and get distressed when these standards are not met. Personality plus by florence littauer and the spiritcontrolled temperament by tim lahaye.
Littauers personality profile system assists readers with identifying their. Specific careers for melancholy personalities include museum or academic archivists, geoscientists, film or video editors, and medical records technicians. Most formulations include the possibility of mixtures among the types where an individuals personality types overlap and they share two or more temperaments. Learn to understand others by understanding yourself four type of temperaments popular sanguine perfect melancholy powerful choleric peaceful phlegmatic lets have fun with popular sanguine appealing personality talkative, storyteller life of the party memory for color hold on to the listener good on stage wideeyed and innocent enthusiastic. See more ideas about personality, personality profile and personality types. As the name suggests, people with a melancholic personality appear sad and gloomy. If youre new to studying the 4 temperaments, check out personality plus by florence littauer and her many other wonderful books. Littauer illustrates the personality plus was helpful for our family when we read it almost twenty years ago. Im darlene guttenberg, and im here to learn more about my business. I emailed her back and told her i would read it all again and determine if i thought changes needed to be made. Jul 12, 2017 another one by personality max names four temperaments projector, creator, intellectual, and visionary along with common career matches for each.
I received an email i will keep it anonymous in march 2015 and her comment concerning the melancholy temperament i have written about was this. The four temperaments were originally proposed by hippocrates the father of medical science 350 years before the birth of christ, to explain differences in personalities, based on the predominant bodily fluidhence the rather unappealing names. In this revised and expanded edition of personality plus, florence littauer draws upon the latest findings in the field of personality development to give you valuable insight for appreciating your oneofakind personality. The ospp four temperaments scale o4ts is a free and opensource measure designed to match the taker to one of the four temperaments. The four types are the popular sanguine, the perfect melancholy, the. The four type labels she used echoed those first established by hippocrates 2,400 years ago. The melancholy is very valuable in the body of christ under his control. I get annoyed when my employees dont follow my instructions to the letter. Littauer illustrates the personality plus was helpful for our family when we. This tool is based upon four basic personality profiles, as described in personality plus by florence littauer. Despite that, usage of its terms sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric, and melancholic persists in both scientific and everyday language.
Jul 11, 2019 according to florence littauer, there are four dominant types of personality. A revealing personality profile selftest and littauers insightful advice help readers better understand themselves and others. They are idealists who wish for things to be a certain way, and they get distressed when they are not. At the bottom of each box record the number of words you circled. How to understand others by understanding yourself directions in each of the following rows of four words across, place an x in front of the one word that most often applies to you. Personality plus is the tool you need to change your life, and the lives of those you care about, for the better. Also books by tim lahaye on the temperaments, although his emphasis on christianity can be a little heavy going at times. Personality plus, florence littauer draws upon the latest findings in the field of personality development. Lets do a quick test you have 5 mins to do both pages of this test. The popular sanguine nature says, lets go and have more fun, and on the way, the perfect melancholy nature checks the progress.
Personality plus helped each member of our family to understand and appreciate his own temperament as well as the temperaments of each other. They are very orderly and dont like unpredictability they enjoy making definite plans and keeping schedules. Personality plus by florence littauer shows your dominant personality type. Do these common traits of a melancholic personality reside. The perfect melancholy personality know that they are very sensitive and get hurt. Melancholic personality traits patient, orderly and. Read through the melancholys strengths and carefully consider if the melancholy would not be a blessing and asset to their family, to the kingdom of god, the church, and the community where they live. Ospp four temperaments test take a personality test. She speaks internationally at seminars and retreats and is the president of class speakers, inc. Personality plus this tool is based upon four basic personality pro. Notice which table you scored highest in and refer to the back for an description of each temperament type. Pdf personality test taken from florence littauers personality. Topics you will need to know in order to pass the quiz. The melancholy is very sensitive and easily hurt and tends to take what others say in humor as personal and hurtful.
To view further information about the melancholy personality type, visit personalityplus. They are sanguine, choleric, melancholy and phlegmatic. Read personality plus by florence littauer for free with a 30 day free trial. I believe these books will help accept yourself and your personality. Namely popular sanguine, powerful choleric, perfect melancholy and peaceful phlegmatic. The myersbriggs type indicator allows you to identify individual strengths, weaknesses, and possible career preferences based on 16 personality types. Littauer is best known for her series of books based upon the personality plus. Melancholic personality traits are associated with serotonin, which suppresses aggressive tendencies.
The choleric is extremely selfcentered and the needs of others do not matter. The perfect melancholy person is a study in contrasts. The melancholy as a parent sets high standards wants everything done right keeps home in good order picks up after children sacrifices own will for others encourages scholarship and talent the melancholy at work schedule oriented perfectionist, high standards. The melancholy is commonly known as the black temperament. Hosiers 100 christian women who changed the twentieth century and has received the national speakers associations council of peers award for excellence and has been. Florence littauer there are 4 key personality types discussed in the book. Learn to understand others by understanding yourself four type of temperaments popular sanguine perfect melancholy powerful choleric peaceful phlegmatic lets have fun with popular sanguine appealing personality talkative, storyteller life of the party memory for color hold on to the listener good on stage wideeyed and innocent enthusiastic and expressive curious volunteers. Their typical behaviour involves thinking, assessing, making lists, evaluating the positives and negatives, and general analysis of facts. Next was a middleaged lady, somewhat chubby, with bright blue eyes and an eagerness to tell us who she was. The defining feature of a melancholic attitude is perfectionism. Career fields for melancholy personality types include law, teaching and medicine. Fullcolor, selfexplanatory worksheets, and a personality profile. If you are filling out the pdf version, mark your boxes with the number 1 to auto calculate your totals.
Unlike the melancholy, who is capable of seeing the pitfalls of a project before taking action, cholerics refuse to see any pitfalls. According to florence littauer, there are four dominant types of personality. Melancholic personality types temperaments youtube. Aug 10, 2015 what are the melancholy personality traits. Hosiers 100 christian women who changed the twentieth century and has received the national speakers associations council of peers award for excellence and has been designated by them as a. What are some career fields for a melancholy personality. Personality plus florence littauer the big idea the key to understanding others lies in understanding yourself. The four temperaments have never been a part of modern medicine or psychological science, but remain fairly well known due to their use by selfhelp and spirituality authors.
No one will be assessing it or judging you based on your answers. The nook book ebook of the personality plus by florence littauer at barnes. The choleric will forge ahead regardless of the cost, the end justifies the means. Personality plus by florence littauer shows your dominant personality type and also shows how you interact with people. How to understand others by understanding yourself by. Just as people are distinguished as type a, type b, or type c personality types.
Perfect melancholy personality types are described by littauer to be the mental types, with their personality displaying a. Read the following traits and characteristics of this personality. Personality plus talks about four key personality types. With this personality, a person normally has to have everything to their likes and they simply want to be perfect and enjoy some quality alone time. Career fits for all personalities the choice driven life. Read personality plus online by florence littauer books free 30. Ok, this is a short version of the career possibilities of all 4 personality types.
The four types are the popular sanguine, the perfect melancholy, the powerful choleric, and the peaceful phlegmatic. Melancholy personalities can help create and maintain order within an organization or office setting. Personality test taken from florence littauers personality plus. Cholerics are dominant, strong, decisive, stubborn and even arrogant. I might have awaken your appetite to know more about this. Florence littauer, your personality tree and silver boxes. About the author florence littauer is the bestselling author of silver boxes, personality plus for couples, personality plus for parents, and several other books. Modern psychology is not much kinder to the four temperaments concept and, in general, dismisses most personality theories altogether. Of all the other temperaments the melancholy in inclusion surpasses the other temperaments in this area. That explains why melancholic people are calm and selfconfident, deeply attached to their family and community, and loyal. I love reality tv shows like survivor and the amazing race, and it isnt really because of the competition. I have seen 18 points which seemed to turn into negative points. The melancholy personality is one that fits into many peoples lives. No other color best describes this temperament more accurately, for the melancholy temperament is constantly tormented by dark or black moods.
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