About this test
For more than two thousand years, people have described personality using four temperaments. It's a simple model, but it still helps many people understand themselves.
Choose the reaction that's most natural for you, without overthinking it.
The four temperaments
The idea goes back to Hippocrates and Galen, who linked personality to four bodily 'humors'. That medical explanation was abandoned long ago, but the descriptions survived: the sociable sanguine, the determined choleric, the deep melancholic and the calm phlegmatic.
In the 20th century, psychologist Hans Eysenck related them to two modern dimensions: extraversion and emotional stability. Today research uses models such as the Big Five, but temperaments remain a fun and intuitive way to reflect on yourself.