1st Edition

Physique and Character an investigation of the nature of constitution and of the Theory

By Kretschmer, Ernst Copyright 1999
    364 Pages
    by Routledge

    330 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is Volume X of Twenty-one in a series on Individual Differences. Originally published in 1925, this is an investigation of the Nature of Constitution and of the Theory of Temperment, looking at types of physique and their biological relation to classes of psychoses

    PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION, PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION PART I. PHYSIQUE I. METHOD II. TYPES OF PHYSIQUE. III. FACE AND SKULL IV. THE SURFACE OF THE BODY V. SPECIAL DYSPLASTIC TYPES VI. GLANDS AND BOWELS; SEXUAL IMPULSES VII. THE BUILDING OF THE CONSTITUTION.PART II. THE TEMPERAMENTS CHAPTER VIII. INVESTIGATION INTO FAMILY CHARACTEROLOGY IX. THE CYCLOID TEMPERAMENT X. THE SCHIZOID TEMPERAMENT: GENERAL PORTION XI. THE SCHIZOID TEMPERAMENT: SPECIAL PORTION XII. AVERAGE MEN: CYCLOTHYMES AND SCHIZOTHYMES XIII. GENIUSES XIV. THE THEORY OF TEMPERAMENTS

    Biography

    Ernst Kretschmer