Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Self and Personality

Question:

A physician Hippocrates had proposed a typology of personality based on fluid or humour. He classified people into four types (i.e., sanguine, phlegmatic, melancholic and choleric); each characterised by specific behavioural features. Hippocrates was of which origin?

Options:

French

Greek

Italian

English

Correct Answer:

Greek

Explanation:

The Greek physician Hippocrates had proposed a typology of personality based on fluid or humour. He classified people into four types (i.e., sanguine, phlegmatic, melancholic and choleric); each characterised by specific behavioural features