Core term · Hans Eysenck · Jerome Kagan

Temperament

The inborn emotional style that colors how a person reacts to the world, present from early in life and fairly steady over the years.

Areas of life
Temperamentself-acceptance

Why it matters

Encourages fit rather than moral judgment.

How to handle it

Work with your temperament, not against it blindly.

Who shaped this idea

The thinkers behind it

From concept to practice

Turn Temperament into a question you can answer.

Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.