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The Varieties of Temperament

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    …Introduction to Constitutional Psychology (1940), The Varieties of Temperament: A Psychology of Constitutional Differences (1942), and Atlas of Men: A Guide for Somatotyping the Adult Male at All Ages (1954). Sheldon classified people according to three body types, or somatotypes: endomorphs, who are rounded and soft, were said to have…

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