Psychologists have proven that each person belongs to a certain psychotype that does not change throughout his life. Having studied the basic psychotypes of the people around you, you can easily establish communication with them and avoid sharp corners.
Variety of classifications
There are many classifications of psychotypes in interpersonal psychology. The classification developed by Gustav Jung is very popular. In accordance with it, people are divided into introverts (oriented inward, avoid communication) and extroverts (oriented outward, inclined to communicate).
And in accordance with the Heimans-Le Senne typology, people are divided into eight types, depending on emotionality, impressionability, activity, and so on. There are nervous, sentimental, very active, passionate, amorphous (careless), apathetic, sanguine (sanguine) and phlegmatic (phlegmatic) personality types.
A very interesting classification was proposed by a Russian scientist named V. M. Shepel. In his opinion, people are divided into:
- collectivists - sociable workers who actively support public undertakings;
- individualists - gravitating towards independence and personal responsibility;
- pretenders - workers with pronounced vanity, resentment, a desire to be in the spotlight;
- imitators - employees who imitate other people's manners and avoid complications;
- passive - weak-willed employees who do not seek to show initiative;
- isolated - workers with an obnoxious character.
Division by temperament
The division of personalities by temperament into sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic and melancholic is of rather practical importance.
Choleric is too fussy, hasty, restless, harsh, straightforward, stubborn, resentful and unforgettable. He does not know how to listen to other people, willingly takes risks, does not like routine work. He will not make a very good boss. It is better if his right hand is a phlegmatic person.
A sanguine person has completely different qualities. He likes to take on new projects, but he rarely brings them to their logical conclusion. He makes decisions easily and quickly adapts to changing environmental conditions. It's easy to find a common language with him. He knows how to listen to others. A sanguine person makes an ideal leader.
In turn, the phlegmatic is cold-blooded and calm. He is consistent in business, patient, indifferent to praise. It is not easy for him to build a dialogue, but the interlocutor arouses his interest in the event that a certain benefit is derived from this communication. But the phlegmatic person knows how to perfectly work with documents. There is no better candidate for the post of accountant.
In contrast to the considered psychotypes, the melancholic is called "a misunderstanding of nature." He is very suspicious, shy, shy, unsure of himself, but he has a subtle sense of the world around him. This psychotype often dominates among creative people.
