Despite the fact that each person is a unique and individual personality, psychologists distinguish several main types of character, which can be more or less manifested in different people. Knowing the type of your character, you can use its features for your own benefit, form a lifestyle and type of activity suitable for yourself.
Instructions
Step 1
To determine the type of character, take a simple test that will determine whether the right or left side of the body controls you in a number of situations. Gather your fingers together and notice whether the left or right thumb is on top. If the left thumb is on top, then you are prone to emotionality, and if the right one, you have an analytical mindset.
Step 2
Take a pencil in your outstretched hand and point it to any point in space. Then, one by one, close your eyes and determine which eye is the leading one, and when you close your eyes, the target begins to move. If the target shifts when you close your left eye, you have a gentle character, and if you close your right eye, you have a firm and persistent character.
Step 3
Also try crossing your arms over your chest. If the left hand is on top more often than the right, you are prone to cunning, and if the right - to ingenuousness. Then clap your hands in a criss-cross pattern. Determine which hand is more comfortable for you to clap. If you are left, it is not easy for you to make decisions, and if you are right, you are a persistent and decisive person. Different combinations of results in this simple test allow you to determine the main traits of your character.
Step 4
In addition, in psychology, separate personality accentuations or character traits are distinguished, strongly expressed in a particular person. The demonstrative type of character is distinguished by the desire to stand out, artistry, the desire to attract attention. These people are prone to constant change in the field of activity, they are not able to concentrate on anything for a long time.
Step 5
The pedantic type of character is characterized by too long hesitation before making a decision. Such people are prone to increased accuracy, scrupulousness and seriousness. An excitable type of character is governed not by logic, but by feelings and drives. Excitable people are very impulsive and harsh, and also prone to conflict. People with an anxious character type are prone to self-doubt, fear and shyness, are distinguished by unnatural behavior and self-criticism.
Step 6
There is also a hyperthymic type of character - people who have it are distinguished by heightened optimism and enthusiasm, they have a constant thirst for activity, they often enjoy authority and have success in a team. The opposite of the hyperthymic type is the dysthymic type. These people are prone to pessimism, they are gloomy and emotional.
Step 7
If a person often alternates between hyperthymic and dysthymic states, he has a labile or cyclothymic type of character. There are also exalted personalities who violently and emotionally react to any events happening around them.
Step 8
These types of character are not always embodied in their pure form in one person, but you can research the features of your behavior and correlate it with the described types in order to determine which of their features are often found in your own character.
