Talk:Temperament

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Temperament - is the early-appearing, stable individiual differences in reactivity and self-regulation. Reactivity refers to variations in quickness and intensity of emotional arousal, attention, and motor action. Self-regulation refers to strategies that modify reactivity (Rothbart, 2004; Rothbart &Bates, 1998).

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[edit] re "Rudolf Steiner and the four temperaments" section

If this article is intended to deal with some marginally scientific take on temperament, then Rudy doesn't really belong here. Steiner also wrote about how the Buddha went to Mars to teach the "mars men." Caveat emptor. Clocke 02:09, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

cf. Myers-Briggs, suggested below, while we're caveat-ing.Jean Mercer 17:18, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Addition moved from article

The following unreferenced paragraph was added to the end of the article:

What is temperament and what qualities make up my behavioral style?

Categories of temperament or behavioral style indicate how the individual responds to the environment around him or her, and uses 9 categories to describe these reactions: activity level, regularity, adaptability, approach to novelty, emotional intensity, quality of mood, sensory sensitivity, distractibility and persistence --Niels Ø 19:55, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

It seems to me that the bulk of this article stems from theories by "Thomas, Chess, Birch, Hertzig and Korn", whereas I am sure there are other aspects of "Temperament" that are not related to those theories. Keirsey and Myers-Briggs for example. Yet there is not even a reference to them from this article. Perhaps it should be replaced with a broader scoped, all-covering text, moving the specific Thomas et al theory to its own page? Lasse Hillerøe Petersen 12:45, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestions

Oh please let's not have Myers-Briggs, a test without an evidentiary foundation.

I would like to see the entire checklist removed. Again, there is no evidence to suggest that there is any magic about two or more than two discrepancies, and a good deal of evidence that problems associated with temperament may be situational (e.g., crowded home) as well as interpersonal.

I am adding some recent work by Kagan.Jean Mercer 17:03, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Artistic temperament

Is that section for real? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.189.230.42 (talk) 05:50, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Who turned this article into a child psychology thing with horrible grammar and punctuation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.83.249.6 (talk) 14:40, 8 June 2008 (UTC)