The peculiarities of the melancholic temperament



Currently, the most widespread classification of types of temperament Pavlov. According to his theory, each of the 4 types of temperament correspond to certain peculiarities of nervous reactions in the body. Describing them, Pavlov used the following characteristics of the nervous processes, as
- strength;
- balance;
- mobility;
- speed and strength of reactions.

According to this classification, 4 type of nervous system that corresponds to the melancholic temperament, characterized by such features as a weakness and imbalance of the flow of nervous processes, slow and weak response to stimuli.


This means that the melancholic barely resists the impact of strong incentives, has little activity and endurance, at the same time anxious, prone to anxiety, are poorly adapted to the new environment and new people, prefers solitude. At the same time, he is prone to intense emotions, which leaves "in itself", without emotions outward.

Eysenck, describing a melancholic, talked about the fact that it is an introvert with high sensitivity. A man extremely sensitive to criticism, easily tired, not able long to endure the physical and mental stress, sullen, and inclined to pay more attention to his inner world than other people and external factors.

As a rule, representatives of this temperament are prone to low self-esteem, excessive sensitiveness, avoid challenges and prefer to be alone.

Working conditions for melancholic



However, the melancholic may be an effective employee, it is important to provide them with favorable working conditions.

1. Melancholic bad mixer, it would be hard to work in a team, therefore, it is preferable to give individual assignments.

2. Tight schedule, the melancholic is not suitable in such a framework it quickly loses strength and therefore performance. So, it is better to choose a job in which a representative of the temperament could independently determine the schedule, and regulate your mode of work and rest.

3. Melancholic emotional, as a rule, has a rich inner world and under certain conditions can be quite successfully cope with the creative work.

4. Evaluation of the work of the melancholic should be in a soft friendly manner – he is extremely sensitive to harsh criticism.

5. In its activities, the melancholic is better to avoid emergency situations that require an immediate response.

6. Work with customers, people of this type are extremely hard, this can wear them out emotionally, so it is better not to choose the activity in which face daily with a large number of people (the service sector, pedagogy, etc.).

The most preferred representatives of this type is "office" work, during which they will be able to allocate time to perform a certain volume of tasks with minimal supervision at intermediate stages. Successfully able to cope melancholic and creative work – writing books, articles, activities of an artist, designer, etc.

The best choice for the melancholic is likely to be freelancing on a remote basis. This may be the work of a copywriter, creating websites, design, etc.