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temperament | American Dictionary

temperament
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈtem·prə·mənt/
the emotional character or state of mind of people or animals, as shown in their behavior:
[ C ]Their temperaments are very different.
[ U ]Trudy has the nicest temperament of all our dogs.

Examples of temperament

temperament
The design of the current study precluded us from examining how the development of temperament may influence trajectories of symptomatology in early childhood.
Even among biological relatives there are significant differences in temperament.
These dual emphases on infant temperament and quality of attachment underscored the renewed interest in individual differences in development.
Admittedly, levels of satisfaction or dissatisfaction are to an extent related to the temperament of individuals.
These works, written in the 1720s, were a manifesto for equal temperament, or adjustments in keyboard tuning.
There is no reason to assume that disorganized attachment is the consequence of the infant's difficult temperament.
A poor fit between the child's temperament and the environment culminates in insecure or disorganized attachment.
Early maternal negative perceptions of the child predicted negative temperament and behavior problems 18 months after treatment.
Family rigidity was also associated with higher maternal anxiety and with a more difficult infant temperament.
Munitions factories, field hospitals, and military laboratories suited their ' temperament ' better than the front-line.
The maternal hormones and emotions and the temperament and behavior regulation were virtually identical for boys and girls.
Evaluating convergent and discriminant validity of temperament questionnaires for preschoolers, toddlers, and infants.
These conjectures are proposed in lieu of specific information regarding the precise mechanisms linking prenatal, postpartum, and concurrent hormones and temperament and behavior regulation.
To understand developmental pathways, we will need to disentangle complex interaction effects among early temperament predispositions, socialization processes, relationships, and culture.
Other parents, however, found profound professional resistance from schools to knowledge transfer from parents about temperament.
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artistic temperament
Our generation decreed that infinite allowance must be made for artistictemperament, which is often no more than insufferable affectation.
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