How compatible are choleric and sanguine character types? Will their owners be able to get along under one roof? Will they be passionate lovers or true friends? Are people with these temperaments able to work together, form a team? Or should they stay "on opposite sides"?
To understand these difficult questions, you need to imagine what exactly a person's temperament is, what it depends on and how it manifests itself. And, of course, one should understand what specific features a person's characters have. Choleric, sanguine - are they antipodes or not, for example?
What is temperament? Definition
The Latin word temperamentum translates as "a stable mixture of different components." This expression underlies the definition of this psychological concept.
Temperament of a person is a stable combination of psychophysiologicalpersonality traits and its individual characteristics, manifested in dynamic forms of activity.
This set of qualities is the basis, the foundation for the formation of character, and, accordingly, it determines behavior. Physiologists believe that this set of qualities, characteristic of each individual, is nothing more than a type of manifestation of nervous activity, of course, the highest.
How many types of temperaments are there?
The number of types of temperaments is, paradoxically, a moot point. In Western civilization, it is generally accepted that there are four of them. However, in the East they talk about five types of sets of properties inherent in the human personality.
What is the reason for such a different idea of human characters? With the views on the structure of the world as a whole, established in ancient times. In ancient times, the so-called “four-component system” of world perception developed in the Mediterranean. Its formation and development was influenced by the works of such famous scientists of the past as Hippocrates, Galen. And in the ancient eastern civilizations, philosophers perceived the environment around people differently, so there was an idea of the five main components of the universe.
Modern psychology adheres to the Western concept and divides the personality traits characteristic of people into four main types.
What are temperaments called?
Psychologists identify such temperaments of people:
- sanguine;
- choleric;
- phlegmatic;
- melancholic.
However, people with a "pure" type of character are very rare. As a rule, a person has features of all four temperaments. But to varying degrees. That is, the qualities of a pair of sets of characters usually prevail, but one type is more pronounced than the second.
How to determine temperament?
Psychologists have developed an incredibly large number of different methods and tests, with which you can quickly and easily understand what type of temperament prevails in a person's character. But how to determine the choleric, sanguine or other type of personality at the time of meeting? After all, not everyone is ready to ask the interlocutor to pass a psychological test.
At first glance it may seem that this task is impossible. And it is simply impossible to understand at the beginning of an acquaintance what type of temperament a person has and what to expect from him. But that's not the case at all. Each type of character is endowed with certain, easily recognizable qualities that appear immediately. Accordingly, in order to understand with whom you have to communicate and how to build relationships with this person, you just need to carefully observe him.
But, of course, you need to imagine the main features of each temperament. This knowledge will come in handy and, if necessary, determine compatibility. Sanguine and choleric are two types of characters that are much easier to recognize than others. The owners of these temperaments constantly demonstrate to others a number of specific traits and qualities.
What is he like, choleric?
A person with this type of temperament never goes unnoticed. He is very emotional, interested in the interlocutor or the issue under discussion, active and often interrupts. The speech of the choleric person is accompanied by impetuous gestures, he speaks quickly, thinks the same way and sometimes jumps from one topic to another.
However, these people fade as fast as they light up. Cholerics rarely bring to their logical conclusion both the things they started and personal relationships, even an ordinary conversation can “hang” in the middle. These people quickly become exhausted emotionally and lose interest, embarking on a search for new experiences.
Choleric has an incredible capacity for work, but he is a sprinter. This person can easily make an annual plan in one day, but after that he will restore his strength for several months. People with such a character are not able to evenly distribute either their own forces or time. They need to get, do, spend everything at once, and then set off in search of new hobbies.
What kind of sanguine is he?
When questions arise about compatibility, sanguine and choleric seem like the perfect couple. A person with a predominance of sanguine traits in his character is very hot, emotional and able, as they say, to go headlong into love, work or a hobby.
Sanguine people have a high reaction rate to everything that happens around them. These people are very responsive and easily empathize with others, both in troubles and in joys. But at the same time, people with this type of temperament are not capable ofdeep and long feelings, they are always ready to put up with failure, forget about it and move on in life. Such people are often called optimists.
Sanguine will never suffer from unrequited love, he will not "burn out" at work. If something didn’t work out for this person the first time, he will simply change his occupation. In a conversation, these people gesticulate a little, they are not inclined to interrupt the interlocutor. They have very expressive facial expressions, sometimes you might think that sanguine people are constantly grimacing.
Are choleric people compatible with sanguine people in love?
If a sanguine and a choleric met, compatibility in love, at first glance, seems obvious and complete. People with these temperaments are incredibly similar. They literally have the same attitude towards life and often follow a similar rhythm, routine.
However, not everything is as simple as it seems. If we are talking about a short, stormy, passionate romance or flirting, then, of course, there is simply perfect compatibility between these people. Sanguine and choleric in a long-term, long-term relationship is almost a utopia. That is, these people can not count on a happy marriage and a strong family.
This trend is due to the similarity of these characters. Choleric ignites extremely quickly, but also fades. This means that you will have to constantly fight for his attention and love, find an opportunity to give him new impressions, invariably arouse interest.
But this behavior is alien to sanguine people. People withthey are not fighters with this type of character, they will not insist on anything or “knock on closed gates”. Sanguine people will not be particularly upset if they lose interest in them. They will not overcome difficulties or "work on relationships", but simply leave in search of a new love.
Are choleric people compatible with sanguine people in friendship?
It would seem that if there is no long-term and lasting love relationship between sanguine and choleric people, then there can be no talk of true friendship.
However, there is nothing more relative in psychology than compatibility. Sanguine and choleric are people who can be friends throughout their lives. Friends are not spouses or lovers. The basis of this type of relationship is the mutual exchange of information and the similarity of life positions, views, priorities.
Namely, these two types of temperaments differ in this similarity. Moreover, the choleric and the sanguine, who survived the period of romantic relationships, very often do not part as enemies, but, on the contrary, begin to make friends. It is easy for these people to decide on issues such as what to talk about, what to discuss and what to do.
Can choleric people work with sanguine people?
Can a choleric person and a sanguine person work productively together? Compatibility in relationships between people with these types of temperaments is very high. Accordingly, they will be comfortable doing something together.
However, the question of how good a team these people will become has no definite answer. On the one hand, this cooperation leads togood results, since they harmoniously complement each other and instantly find a common language, mutual understanding always reigns between them.
But what happens when the choleric burns out? Sanguine is initially ready to accept both success and failure. Penetrating qualities in people with this type of character are almost absent. Accordingly, the union of choleric and sanguine is not appropriate in every situation.
Speaking of the compatibility of characters, you need to understand that this concept is very relative. The reasoning of psychologists and their conclusions are based on the characteristics of "pure" types of temperament, and in life there are practically no such types. Accordingly, a choleric and a sanguine person may well create a strong family, not find common interests for friendship, or successfully work on complex and boring projects. All this depends entirely on what personality traits are “diluted” with the traits of the predominant type of character.
