As an academic psychologist , I know that people have different temperaments , and if we are prevented from coping in our own way , be it " positive " or " negative , " we function less well .
The so-called " moderns " of the 17th - and early 18th-century scientific revolution formally rejected the vocabulary of qualities , humors and temperaments inherited from antiquity , but they did not find it easy to talk about aliment , body and mind in totally new terms .
It is a long-cherished myth that true love often strikes those with wildly different backgrounds , temperaments or interests .
这是一个流传甚久的神话,说真爱经常发生在背景、性情、或兴趣大相径庭的两者之间。
In those with more positive temperaments the activity occurred in the left prefrontal cortex instead .
而那个倾向于积极思想的人,这种活动却发生在大脑左侧的前额皮质区域。
Originally identified by psychiatrist robert cloninger , novelty-seeking is an automatic emotional orientation , one of four basic personality temperaments .
精神病学家罗伯特克朗宁杰是最早鉴定出猎奇性是一种自动的情感取向,是四个基本人格性情之一。
Today , many psychologists divide our temperaments into a handful of major components known as " the big five " : neuroticism , extraversion , agreeableness , conscientiousness , and openness .