How compatible are the types of character choleric and sanguine? Can their owners 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 stick "on opposite sides"?
To understand these difficult issues, you need to imagine what exactly is a person’s temperament, what it depends on and how it manifests itself. And, of course, it should be understood what specific features a person has. Choleric, sanguine - are these antipodes or not, for example?
What is temperament? Definition
The Latin word temperamentum is translated as "a stable mixture of different components." This expression underlies the definition of this psychological concept.
Human temperament is a stable combination of psychophysiological qualities of a personality and its individual characteristics, which is manifested in dynamic forms of activity.
This set of qualities is the basis, the foundation for the formation of character, and, accordingly, it determines the behavior. Physiologists believe that this set of qualities that is characteristic of each person is nothing more than a type of manifestation of nervous activity, of course, the highest.
How many types of temperaments exist?
The number of types of temperaments is a matter, paradoxically, a moot point. In Western civilization, it is considered that there are four of them. However, in the East they speak of five types of sets of properties inherent in the human person.
What is the reason for such a different view of human characters? With established in ancient times, views on the structure of the world as a whole. In ancient times, the so-called “four-component system” of perception of the world took shape in the Mediterranean. Its formation and development was influenced by the works of such famous scientists of the past as Hippocrates, Galen. And in ancient eastern civilizations, philosophers perceived the environment around people differently, so there was an idea about the five main components of the universe.
In modern psychology, they adhere to the Western concept and divide the personality traits characteristic of people into four main types.
What are the temperaments called?
Psychologists distinguish such temperaments of people:
- sanguine person;
- choleric;
- phlegmatic person;
- melancholic.
However, people with a “pure” type of character are a rarity. As a rule, a person is characterized by the features of all four temperaments. But in varying degrees of severity. That is, the qualities of a pair of character sets 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 the character of a person. But how to determine choleric, sanguine, or another type of personality at the time of meeting? After all, not everyone is ready to ask the person to pass a psychological test.
At first glance, it might seem that this task is impossible. And to understand at the beginning of an acquaintance what type of temperament a person has and what to expect from him is simply impossible. But this is not at all true. Each kind 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 is useful and, if necessary, determine compatibility. Sanguine and choleric are two kinds of characters that are much easier to recognize than others. The owners of these temperaments constantly show others a number of specific traits and qualities.
What is he, choleric?
A person with this type of temperament never goes unnoticed. He is very emotional, interested in the interlocutor or the issue under discussion, is active and often interrupts. The choleric speech is accompanied by jerky gestures, he says quickly, thinks the same and sometimes jumps from one topic to another.
However, these people die out at the same rate as they light up. Choleric people rarely bring to their logical conclusion both the things they started and their personal relationships, even a normal conversation can “hang” in the middle. These people quickly become emotionally exhausted and lose interest, set off in search of new experiences.
Choleric has incredible performance, but he is a sprinter. This person will easily make an annual plan in one day, but after that he will recover his strength for several months. People with such a character are not able to evenly distribute neither their own forces, nor time. They need to get, do, spend everything at once, and then set off in search of new hobbies.
What is he, sanguine?
When questions arise about compatibility, sanguine and choleric seem like the perfect match. A person with a predominance in the character traits of a sanguine is very hot, emotional and capable, as they say, to leave with his head both in love and in 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 of deep and long feelings, they are always ready to put up with failure, forget about it and move on through life. Such people are often called optimists.
Sanguine will never suffer from unrequited love, he will not “burn out” at work. If this person did not succeed the first time, he will simply change his occupation. In conversation, these people gesticulate little, are not inclined to interrupt the interlocutor. They have very expressive facial expressions, sometimes you might think that sanguine people are constantly grimacing.
Are cholerics compatible with sanguine people in love?
If a sanguine and a choleric met, the compatibility in love, at first glance, seems obvious and complete. People with these temperaments are incredibly similar. They literally have the same attitude to life and often adhere to a similar rhythm, mode.
However, not everything is as simple as it seems. If we are talking about a short, stormy, passionate romance or flirting, then, of course, between these people there is simply perfect compatibility. Sanguine and choleric in a long, long-term relationship - it is almost utopia. That is, these people can not count on a happy marriage and a strong family.
This tendency is caused precisely by the similarity of these characters. Choleric flames extremely quickly, but also fades. This means that for his attention and love will have to constantly fight, to find the opportunity to give him new impressions, always arouse interest.
But such behavior is alien to sanguine people. People with this character warehouse are not fighters, they will not insist on anything or “knock on closed gates”. Sanguine people are not particularly upset if they lose interest in them. They will not overcome difficulties or "work on relationships", but simply go away in search of a new love.
Are cholerics compatible with sanguine people in friendship?
It would seem that if a long and lasting love relationship between sanguine people and choleric people does not develop, then there can be no talk of real friendship.
However, in psychology there is nothing more relative than compatibility. Sanguine and choleric are people who can be friends throughout life. Friends are not spouses and not lovers. The basis of this type of relationship is the mutual exchange of information and the similarity of life positions, views, and priorities.
And it is precisely these similarities that distinguish these two types of temperaments. Moreover, the choleric and sanguine survivors of the period of romantic relations very often do not part as enemies, but, on the contrary, begin to be friends. It is easy for these people to solve such questions as what to talk about, what to discuss and what to do.
Can choleric people work with sanguine people?
Can choleric and sanguine work together productively? The compatibility between people with these types of temperaments is very high. Accordingly, they will be comfortable doing something together.
However, the question of how good these people become a team does not have a definite answer. On the one hand, this cooperation leads to good results, since they harmoniously complement each other and instantly find a common language, mutual understanding always reigns between them.
But what will happen when the choleric burns out? Sanguine is initially ready to accept both success and failure. Punchy qualities in people with this type of character are almost absent. Accordingly, the union of choleric and sanguine is not suitable in any situation.
Speaking about the compatibility of characters, you need to understand that this concept is very relative. The arguments of psychologists and their conclusions are based on the characteristics of “pure” types of temperament, and in practice they practically never exist. Accordingly, choleric and sanguine can very well create a strong family, not find common interests for friendship or successfully work on complex and boring projects. All this completely depends on what personality traits are "diluted" traits of the prevailing type of character.