Describe your temperament according to the classifications used by Thomas and Chess

Discuss
your childhood or current status with regard to any three of the following criteria: activity level,
rhythmicity, approach/withdrawal, adaptability to new experience, threshold of responsiveness,
intensity of reaction, quality of mood, distractibility, and persistence. Cite an example for each
of the three criteria that you choose that backs up your claim.
What will be an ideal response?

Easy: I consider myself to have an easy temperament. In terms of rhythmicity, my parents told me that
a few weeks after I was born I fell into a predictable schedule of eating and sleeping. As for
adaptability to new experience, I always loved the first day of school and never cried when leaving
them. I loved meeting new people and having new experiences. In terms of the quality of my mood, I
am overall a very positive, optimistic person who has a good outlook on life.
Slow-to-warm up: I have a slow-to-warm-up temperament. As for adaptability to new experience, it
takes me several weeks each semester to adjust to being back at college. Once I do adjust though, I
realize that I like it and am glad that I left home to go to school. In terms of quality of mood, I tend to
be on an even keel, neither too positive nor negative but sort of in the middle. As for persistence, I am
not the most diligent student nor am I a slacker but I keep up with my work and hand it in when it is
due.