Briefly describe the three temperaments that Sheldon proposed and their corresponding somatotype
What will be an ideal response?
VISCEROTONIA: relaxation, tolerance, sociability, love of comfort, and easygoingness. Corresponds to endomorphy (plumpness).
SOMATOTONIA: courage, energetic assertiveness, and desire for adventure, risk, and physical activity. Corresponds to mesomorphy (muscularity).
CEREBRATONIA: mental overintensity, inhibition and avoidance of social interaction, physical and emotional restraint, and tendency toward privacy. Corresponds to ectomorphy (thinness).
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