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Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 14
Temperament Is Not Destiny
Kaprice Williams
10/28/2012
“Temperament is not Destiny” quotes a study. The people having strong right and left frontal activity were tested on a personality test. The first group showed a distinctive behavior. They were prone to be moody, suspicious of the world and worried about small problems; however, the second group showed entirely different trends. They were lower in depression, more confident, and rewardingly engaged in life. Temperament is the mood or emotional range that one tends to maintain. Developmental psychologist, Jerome Kagan of Harvard University found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. The four temperamental types are: Timid, Bold, Upbeat, and Melancholy. Within each type there’s a range of intensity, how it is triggered and how long it lasts. Kagan study focused on the dimension from timid to bold is how easily the amygdale is stimulated. The easily stimulated are timid, fearful withdrawn, and less talkative and more to develop anxiety problems later in life. Nothing bothers me: The Cheerful Temperament is people who naturally gravitate towards the positive folks. These people are naturally upbeat and easy going, while others are down and melancholy. The dimensions of temperament are ebullience at one end and melancholy at the other. This insight emerged from the work of Dr. Richard Davidson, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin. People who have a history of clinical depression had lower levels of brain activity in the left frontal lobe, and more on the right than people who have never been depressed. The emotional lessons in childhood can have a profound impact on temperament either amplifying or muting innate a predisposition. Perhaps the best illustration of the kinds of experiences that can alter temperament for the better is in an observation that emerged from
Chapter 14
Temperament Is Not Destiny
Kaprice Williams
10/28/2012
“Temperament is not Destiny” quotes a study. The people having strong right and left frontal activity were tested on a personality test. The first group showed a distinctive behavior. They were prone to be moody, suspicious of the world and worried about small problems; however, the second group showed entirely different trends. They were lower in depression, more confident, and rewardingly engaged in life. Temperament is the mood or emotional range that one tends to maintain. Developmental psychologist, Jerome Kagan of Harvard University found four temperamental types that have different patterns of brain activity. The four temperamental types are: Timid, Bold, Upbeat, and Melancholy. Within each type there’s a range of intensity, how it is triggered and how long it lasts. Kagan study focused on the dimension from timid to bold is how easily the amygdale is stimulated. The easily stimulated are timid, fearful withdrawn, and less talkative and more to develop anxiety problems later in life. Nothing bothers me: The Cheerful Temperament is people who naturally gravitate towards the positive folks. These people are naturally upbeat and easy going, while others are down and melancholy. The dimensions of temperament are ebullience at one end and melancholy at the other. This insight emerged from the work of Dr. Richard Davidson, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin. People who have a history of clinical depression had lower levels of brain activity in the left frontal lobe, and more on the right than people who have never been depressed. The emotional lessons in childhood can have a profound impact on temperament either amplifying or muting innate a predisposition. Perhaps the best illustration of the kinds of experiences that can alter temperament for the better is in an observation that emerged from