Morphopsychology is a pseudo-scientific method of analyzing personality, mood, and health by interpreting facial features. It is different from physiognomy which broadly assesses character from appearance, and phrenology which analyzes skull shape. Morphopsychology claims to derive insights from facial morphology, but it is not considered a valid scientific approach.
3. Four Humors/Four Temperaments
Big Five Temperaments/Five Factor Model (FFM)
Carl-Jung Typology
Myers Brigg’s Typology
Type A and Type B
Morphopsychology
Psychology/Theories
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4. • The most ancient (5,000), still echoing in modern psychology (and traditional medicine).
• Hippocrates (460-377BC), Plato's (428-348BC); character and personality
• 4 Elements: Water, Fire, Air, Earth; Four humors: Blood, Bile,BlackBile, Phlegm;
• Four organs: Liver, Spleen, Gall Bladder, Brain and Lungs.
• Blood = Sanguine, Bile = Choleric, BlackBile = Melan Cholic, Phlegmatic
Psycho/Theories/4Humo
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5. • Sanguine: Pleasure seeking and Sociable
• Choleric: Ambitious and Leader-like
• Melancholic: Analyticaland Thoughtful
• Phlegmatic: Relaxed and Quiet
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6. • Is fundamentally sociable, creative, pleasure-seeking;
impulsive, charismatic. They enjoy social gatherings,
making new friends and tend to be boisterous. Sanguines
generally have an almost shameless nature, certain that
what they are doing is right. They however, lack
confidence. Sanguine people are warm-hearted, pleasant,
lively and optimistic.
Psycho/Theo/4Hum/San
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7. • Is fundamentally ambitious and leader-like. They have a lot of
aggression, energy, and/or passion, and try to instill that in others.
They are task oriented people and are focused on getting a job
done efficiently; their motto is usually "do it now." They can
dominate people of other temperaments with their strong wills,
especially phlegmatic types, and can become dictatorial or
tyrannical. Many great charismatic military and political figures were
cholerics. However, they can quickly fall into deep depression or
moodiness when failures or setbacks befall them.
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8. • Can be highly creative in activities such as poetry, art, and
invention – and are sensitive to others. Because of this sensitivity
and their thoughtfulness they can become preoccupied with the
tragedy and cruelty in the world and are susceptible to depression
and moodiness. Often they are perfectionists. Their desire for
perfection often results in a high degree of personal excellence but
also causes them to be highly conscientious and difficult to relate to
because others often cannot please them.
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9. • The phlegmatic temperament is fundamentally relaxed and quiet,
ranging from warmly attentive to lazily sluggish. Phlegmatics tend
to be content with themselves and are kind. Phlegmatics are
consistent, they can be relied upon to be steady and faithful friends.
Phlegmatics prefer to observe and to think on the world around
them while not getting involved. They may try to inspire others to
do the things which they themselves think about doing. They may
be shy and often prefer stability to uncertainty and change. Their
fear of change (and of work) can make them susceptible to
stagnation or laziness, or even stubbornness.
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10. • At least four sets of researchers have worked independently for decades
on this problem and have identified generally the same Big Five factors:
Tupes and Cristal were first, followed by Goldberg at the Oregon Research
Institute, Cattell at the University of Illinois, and Costa and McCrae at the
National Institutes of Health. These four sets of researchers used
somewhat different methods in finding the five traits, and thus each set of
five factors has somewhat different names and definitions. However, all
have been found to be highly inter-correlated and factor-analytically
aligned. Psycho/Theories/FFM
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11. • Openness
• Conscientiousness
• Extraversion
• Agreeableness
• Neuroticism
• The Big Five has been preferably used rather than other models,
because it is able to account for different traits in personality
without overlapping. During studies, the Big Five personality traits
show consistency in interviews, self-descriptions and observations.
Moreover, this five-factor structure seems to be found across a
wide range of participants of different ages and of different
cultures. Psycho/Theories/FFM
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12. • Appreciation for art, emotion, adventure, unusual ideas, curiosity,
and variety of experience. Openness reflects the degree of
intellectual curiosity, creativity and a preference for novelty and
variety a person has.
• A tendency to show self-discipline, act dutifully, and aim for
achievement; planned rather than spontaneous behavior; organized,
and dependable.
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Psycho/Theories/FFM
13. • Energy, positive emotions, assertiveness, sociability and the
tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others, and
talkativeness.
• A tendency to be compassionate and cooperative rather than
suspicious and antagonistic towards others. It is also a measure of
ones' trusting and helpful nature, and whether a person is generally
well tempered or not.
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14. • The tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily, such as
anger, anxiety, depression, or vulnerability. Neuroticism also refers
to the degree of emotional stability and impulse control, and is
sometimes referred by its low pole – "emotional stability".
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15. • Personality research conducted on twin subjects suggest that both
heritability and environmental factors contribute to the Big 5
personality traits.
• Important research on personality traits and brain structures have
been conducted, providing correlations between the Big 5
personality traits and specific areas of the brain.
• The Big 5 personality traits can be seen in chimpanzees either.
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Psycho/Theories/FFM
16. • Jung's interest in typology grew from his desire to reconcile the theories
of Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler, and to define how his own perspective
differed from theirs. Jung wrote, “In attempting to answer this question, I
came across the problem of types; for it is one's psychological type which
from the outset determines and limits a person's judgment. Jung became
convinced that acrimony between the Adlerian and Freudian camps was
due to this unrecognized existence of different fundamental psychological
attitudes, which led Jung “to conceive the two controversial theories of
neurosis as manifestations of a type-antagonism.”
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17. Jung proposed the existence of two dichotomous pairs of cognitive
functions:
• The “Rational” (judging) functions: thinking and feeling
• The “Irrational” (perceiving) functions: sensing and intuition
Jung went on to suggest that these functions are expressed in either
an introverted or extraverted form.
• Sensation —perception by means of the sense organs;
• Intuition —perceiving in unconscious way or perception of
unconscious contents.
• Thinking —function of intellectual cognition; the forming of logical
conclusions;
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18. Extraversion and Introversion
• Extraverts are action oriented, while introverts are thought oriented.
• Extraverts seek breadth of knowledge and influence, while
introverts seek depth of knowledge and influence.
• Extraverts often prefer more frequent interaction, while introverts
prefer more substantial interaction.
• Extraverts recharge and get their energy from spending time with
people, while introverts recharge and get their energy from
spending time alone.
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19. • All four functions are used at different times depending on the
circumstances. However, one of the four functions is generally used more
dominantly and proficiently than the other three, in a more conscious and
confident way. According to Jung the dominant function is supported by
two auxiliary functions. (In MBTI publications the first auxiliary is usually
called the auxiliary or secondary function and the second auxiliary
function is usually called the tertiary function.) The fourth and least
conscious function is always the opposite of the dominant function. Jung
called this the "inferior function" and Myers sometimes also called it the
"shadow".
• The four functions operate in conjunction with the attitudes (extraversion
and introversion). Each function is used in either an extraverted or
introverted way. A person whose dominant function is extraverted
intuition, for example, uses intuition very differently from someone whose
dominant function is introverted intuition.
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21. • Divides people into 16 different types, called sociotypes. Most
commonly referred to by their two strongest functions, which are
called the leading function (Jung's dominant) and the creative
function (Jung's auxiliary). The creative function is opposite to the
leading function in extraversion and rationality.
• INTJ (introversion, intuition, thinking, judgment)
Psycho/Theo/Myers
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24. • Individual is ambitious, rigidly organized, highly status conscious,
can be sensitive, truthful, impatient, always try to help others, take
on more than they can handle, want other people to get to the
point, proactive, and obsessed with time management. People with
Type A personalities are often high-achieving "workaholics" who
multi-task, push themselves with deadlines, and hate both delays
and ambivalence.
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25. • Generally live at a lower stress level and typically work steadily,
enjoying achievement but not becoming stressed when they are not
achieved. When faced with competition, they do not mind losing and
either enjoy the game or back down. They may be creative and
enjoy exploring ideas and concepts. They are often reflective,
thinking about the outer and inner worlds.
• Very often, people with Type A personality find fault with the easy-
going nature and low level of enthusiasm demonstrated by Type B
personalities, and Type B personalities would dislike people with
Type A personalities for their aggressive nature.
Psycho/Theories/Type
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26. • Type A personality behavior was first described as a potential risk
factor for heart disease in the 1950s by cardiologists Meyer
Friedman and Ray Rosenman. After an eight and a half year long
study of healthy men between the ages of 35 and 59, Friedman and
Rosenman estimated that Type A behavior doubles the risk of
coronary heart disease in otherwise healthy individuals. The
individuals enrolled in this study were followed well beyond the
original time frame of the study. Subsequent analysis indicated that
although Type A personality is associated with the incidence of
coronary heart disease, it does not seem to be a risk factor for
mortality. This research had a significant effect on the development
of the health psychology field, in which psychologists look at how
Psycho/Theories/Type
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27. • In his 1996 book, Type A Behavior: Its Diagnosis and Treatment,
Friedman suggests that Type A behavior is expressed in three major
symptoms: free-floating hostility, which can be triggered by even
minor incidents; time urgency and impatience, which causes
irritation and exasperation usually described as being "short-fused";
and a competitive drive, which causes stress and an achievement-
driven mentality. The first of these symptoms is believed to be
covert and therefore less observable, while the other two are more
overt.
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28. • The Fast-paced nature of type A individuals and their stress on
deadlines, work and the like making them highly susceptible to
stress
• The competitive nature of type A personalities making them angry,
tense and pressurized
• Type A behaviors such as fast talking, explosive speech, clenched
fists, restlessness, and hurrying being general indicators of an
underlying unhealthy emotional state
Such traits led to high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and habits
such as smoking, all proven causative factors for cardiac diseases.
Friedman & Rosenman published their theory in their 1974 book
"Type A Behavior and Your Heart," which made the theory of
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29. • Research by Redford Williams of Duke University indicates that only
the hostility component, or a high level of expressed anger and
hostility of Type A personality denotes a significant risk factor for
heart disease. Irrespective of the personality type, cynical, resentful,
chronically angry, and mistrustful men remain highly susceptible to
coronary events such as hospitalizations for angina, nonfatal
myocardial infarction, stroke and congestive heart failure.
• The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers
reinforce the theory of hostility as a causative factor for heart
diseases by using carotid-artery imaging. Each one-point increase
in hostility scores predicted a significantly higher medial thickening.
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30. • In 1962 Meyer and Haggerty, did throat culture of a family members
for streptococcus, which were usually asymptomatic +, but stress
was making them prone to disease. (On the other hand, no one
developed the strep illness without exposure to the bacteria.)
• In 2006 Cohen and colleagues have demonstrated that factors such
as self-reported chronic stress and lack of a positive emotional style
predict increased risk of subsequent upper respiratory infection in
experimental exposure to viruses; however, it has been difficult to
identify either behavioral or immunological mediators of such
effects.
• This complexity may be due to multiple causal links—behavioral
links, stress links, biological, situational selection… simultaneously
operating. Psycho/Theories/Type
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31. • It is known that in response to stress we produce the hormone
cortisol, which if it remains in the blood system for too long it can
trigger a buildup of fatty deposits in the inner walls of the arteries
going to your heart, eventually leading to heart disease.
• The overly simplistic nature of research, with no scope to assess the
degrees of difference in human personality.
• Unreliability of the methods used to assess type A behavior.
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32. • Another 10-year joint research by Italian and Sardinian researchers,
the U.S. National Institute on Aging, and bio-statisticians of the
University of Michigan, while indicating a clear influence of genetic
factors on many traits at once, did not find a connection linking
personality and cardiovascular function.
• On contrary, there is another research result which says it is a major
cause of heart attack, so the Type As should funnel their energy to
positive direction and focus on regular exercise, which will keep
them accommodate to some extent with easy-going personalities.
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33. • It is proven that maintaining healthy magnesium levels in the body
plays a strong role in protecting the cardiovascular health of an
individual. An analysis of the literature suggests the possible role of
Mg deficiency in the susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases,
observed among subjects displaying a type A behavior pattern.
Experimental data which support this hypothesis are reviewed. Type
A subjects are more sensitive to stress and produce more
catecholamines than type B subjects. This, in turn, seems to induce
an intracellular Mg loss. In the long run, type A individuals would
develop a state of Mg deficiency, which may promote a greater
sensitivity to stress and, ultimately, lead to the development of
cardiovascular problems.
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34. • A method of analyzing human personality/mood/health by interpreting
the shape and features of a person's face.
• Isn’t physiognomy (ancient loosely defined concept of assessing human
character from appearance), nor phrenology (assessing human character
from skull/brain size and shape).
• Not a science, but a 'pseudo-science‘; and widely supported by doctors,
advocates…
• Having similar value and credibility as graphology (the study/analysis of
handwriting). Publicly validated and trusted.
• Named and defined in the 1930s by French psychiatrist Louis Corman
(1901-1995). Psycho/Theo/Morphopsy
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35. • Face shape and features (front and side views) are called 'human
facial morphology'. A practitioner/expert in morphopsychology may
be called a 'Morphoanalyst'.
• Corman: essential forces in the human body produce different facial
shapes and forms; Simply True: in smile we crease our eyes, When
we frown we crease our foreheads. The human face displays more
emotions and feelings than we can scientifically describe.
• Corman was influenced by the French doctor Claude Sigaud (1862-
1921), who had earlier identified connective patterns between
human sickness and facial features. Corman built on Sigaud's work,
by which he developed many face/personality correlations, a very
elegant structured model, and a set of rules, based on clinical
observation, which became morphopsychology.
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36. Morphopsychology theory analyses facial shape and features according to:
1. Width and depth of the face - indicating the dominant instinct of
'expansion' (growth) or 'conservation' (preservation)*
2. The 'three levels of the face' ** - indicating the main centers of interest.
3. Skin texture - indicating how the person interacts with his/her
environment.
4. Firmness of the facial features - indicating activity and control.
5. Ratios between sensors (eyes, nose, mouth) and width of the face - to
determine the global behavior.
* The 'expansion-conservation' scale is fundamental within the model.
** The 'three levels of the face' are vertical sections: forehead to
eyes/eyes to nose-base/nose-base to chin.
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37. • Assessment of these aspects produces an analysis according to the four
morphopsychology base 'types', for which summary details are provided below:
1. Dilated (D)
2. Lateral Retracted (LR)
3. Front Retracted (FR)
4. Retracted (R)
• These 'types' relate to human development.
• People possess the four types in varying degrees.
• A person's age does not determine his/her dominant types.
• Most of us possess one or two dominant types, although it possible for a person
to possess three types of equal dominance.
• Here are the four basic types in a little more detail:
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39. Advocates and practitioners in morphopsychology use the concept
mostly for:
• Personal development: Reveal or confirm a person's potential - this
relates to fields such as training and development, teambuilding,
counselling, coaching… and self-development.
• Understanding how people function: To gain Insight about a
client/patient - this relates to many and various therapeutic fields,
and also potentially to leadership, management and motivation,
change management, sports management, sales and selling,
negotiation, and coaching, etc.
• In interviewing recruitment and selection: But absolutely not as a
main indicator of suitability for a job, nor as a tool to determine
individual capability, worth, intelligence, honesty, or motive, etc.
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40. • The authors were humans themselves, and the standard was there
own intellect, nourished by 5senses and myths; which means
imperfection, and which is also the main cause of contradictions
between theoreticians, because perfection is a single reality, and
imperfections are infinite.
• They couldn’t describe human and its mission, normal standard for
his thought and action, and finally an Ideal situation; which led to
absence of modification system and loss of ability to distinguish
between wrong and wright.
• So they couldn’t know human as he actually is, and they asserted
about an extremely complex machine without having a look at
manufacturer’s guide catalogue.
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42. • The manufacturer’s guide catalogue about his complex production.
• As perfect as its instructor, meets with both spiritual and physical
requirements.
• Practical, elucidating, fluent, concrete, faultless and free of bias.
• From far beyond the limits of 5senses, conveyed by a trusted
intermediary, free of myths and interpolations.
• Ideal picture, along with complete course of modification and
clarification.
• It has practical solutions for before life, during life, and after life
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43. • Ancestors: Adam and Eve (rather than Apes)
• Status: The best of all creation, Representative of God (Not an
ordinary animal)
• Residence: Earth, as the sole consumer of its resources.
• Life span: ~100 y, (Fluctuating Nature, in different periods of life)
• P/o Creation: Succeeding the trial of probation to attain Lord’s
hospitality.
• Mission: Peace established by means of submission to Lord’s will.
• Standard: Loyalty and Strive according to the guidelines taught by
messenger (Piety)
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44. 1. Physical: Bodily Comfort 2. Metaphysical: Spiritual
Satisfaction
• Body is neutral, but influential forces make it go on a side.
• Desires (Fluctuation during different periods of life, goes wrong in
wrong environm.)
• Satanic Whisper (Powerful in isolation, Idleness, youth, ignorance
and carnality)
• Divine Inspiration (Clearly appreciated by means of Piety, Utilized by
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45. Left Pole: Churlish/Rebellious Right Pole:
Grateful/Virtuous
(on the basis of their distance from the poles)
Grade RelationtoGod Conduct(Label,Proof)
• Secured; Safe Closest to God The best in conduct
(forgiver)
• Blaming; Objector Right-wing The revenger
• Dictator; Commander Left-wing The transgressor
• Rewards are announced for the first and last classes (Mid is kept hidden);
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46. • People can up/down-grade willingly, their truthful decision makes
everything possible.
• They can change their behavior, or at least its way of demonstration so
they can get fit into any sort of suite (Ease, Glad tidings, Anger, Loan,
help, sociality, relations…)
• To overcome the intensity of desires, environment modification/change is
the best solution; (Friendship, Neighborhood, Occupation, Habits…)
• To resist against Satanic whispers, joining a spiritual gathering is vital.
• To experience Divine inspiration, piety and truthfulness is essential
(Forqan, Basharaat) Islam/Soar and Plummet
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47. • Marriage: For lawful sexual satisfaction (Fasting as an alternative)
• Relativity; Long Life
• Charity; Bad accidents, bad death
• Friendship; Satanic Whisper
Islam/Soar and Plummet
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48. • Repentance:- Cease the process, Remorse, Return the rights, and pledge
not to repeat.
• Immediate Isteghfar, Awwabin Prayer, Juma’ Prayer, Ramazan Fast,
Charity…
• Washout the bad with good; Preach to change the environment caused the
blunder.
• Hajj Congregation
• Learn Qur'an to employ, Teach to become the best, and propagate to
become immortal.
• Construct for social welfare, Innovate for system refabrication.
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49. • In emotional situations (Anger, Pleasure), in emergencies (Travel), Sacrifice,
Consult, Relative, Contradiction, Perpetration (Remorse, repent), wealth/poverty,
• 2 criteria for husband (Religion/Piety, Conduct)
• 2 Criteria for Leader (Piety, Proficiency)
• Satisfaction of wife and family.
• Elderly, life and wealth
• Youth, Religiousness/sincerity/bravery/self-control................
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لقد ارسلنا الیکم کتابا فیه ذکرکم افلا تعقلون
تنزیلا ممن خلق الأرض و السماوات العلی
يعلمون ظاهرا من الحیاة الدنیا
لقد یسرنا القرآن للذکر فهل من مدکر
افلا یتدبرون القرآن.... ولو کان
لقول رسول کریم
ولو تقول علینا بعض الأقاويل
سخر لکم الشمس والقمر دائبين و سخر لکم اللیل و النهار
کرمنا بنی آدم و حملناهم فی البر و البحر و رزقناهم من الطیبات و فضلناهم علی کثیر ممن خلقنا تفضیلا
الم تروا ان الله سخر لکم ما فی السماوات و ما فی الأرض و اسبغ علیکم نعمه
عمر رض
اذا خاطب الیکم .... دین، خلق
عمر رض... نافع ابن عبدالحارث.... ابن ابزی
قَالَ رَسُول اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " أَكْمَل الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِيمَانًا أَحْسَنهمْ خُلُقًا , وَخِيَاركُمْ خَيْركُمْ لِنِسَائِهِمْ " رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ
يهرم ابن أدم و يشيب منه اثنان
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