10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOMATOTONIA»
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The Psychology of Personality: Viewpoints, Research, and ...
To establish a link between body type and personality, Sheldon developed a
personality test identifying three major dimensions of temperament: viscerotonia,
somatotonia, and cerebrotonia. • Viscerotonia consists of a cluster of traits
relating ...
Bernardo J. Carducci, 2009
Somatotonia. Somatotonia is the name given to the active temperament
associated with the mesomorphic physique. The extreme somatotonic is
motivated by the desire to excel by rigorous muscular exertion. Love of Physical
Adventure The ...
3
Research In Psychology: Methods and Design
He labeled the categories ''viscerotonia,'' ''somatotonia,'' and ''cerebrotonia.''
Generally, viscerotonics were sociable, fun-loving, slow-moving, even-tempered,
and very interested in food. Somatotonics were aggressive, self-centered, and ...
4
The Causes and Cures of Criminality
These clusters were labeled "vis- cerotonia," "somatotonia," and "cerebrotonia"
respectively, as they seemed to deal respectively with the functional
predominance of the digestive viscera, the functional and anatomical
predominance of the ...
Hans J. Eysenck, Gisli H. Gudjonsson, 1989
5
The Structure of Human Personality (Psychology Revivals)
Each trait is to be rated on a 7-point scale and the predominance of the three
components—viscerotonia, somatotonia, cerebrotonia—is also indicated on a 7-
point scale in such a way that for each person a formula is given containing three
...
6
The Body in Psychotherapy
The second component is somatotonia, characterized by assertive- ness of
posture and movement and desire for muscular activity. Action and power are
primary. Somatotonia involves love of physical adventure, risk-taking,
courageousness, ...
The second component, somatotonia, is named after the body (soma) and
includes traits such as love of physical adventure and risk, competitive
aggressiveness, and physical courage. Cerebrotonia (after cerebrum) includes
love of privacy, ...
8
Man East and West: Essays in East-West Philosophy
World Wars I and II are signs that this capitalized Western somatotonia, for want
of adequate outlets beyond the borders of Europe, has turned destructively on
itself. In World War II the United States reaped the main advantages, being ...
9
Constitutional Psychophysiology: Research in Review
The trend of the psychomorphological correlations was similar to that found by
Child (1950), although somewhat smaller. The correlations, mesomorphy—
somatotonia, .31; mesomorphy—cerebrotonia, —.20; and ectomorphy—
somatotonia, ...
10
Somatotyping: Development and Applications
For viscerotonia the emphasis was on relaxation, love of physical comfort,
pleasure in eating and sociability; for somatotonia it was a tendency toward
assertiveness, energetic activity, love of risk and power, and physical courage; ...
J. E. Lindsay Carter, Barbara Honeyman Heath, 1990
