Temperament

Author: Stuart Isacoff
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375703306
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient Greeks through the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenment philosophers, the relationship between the notes of the musical scale was seen as a key to the very nature of the universe. In this engaging and accessible account, Stuart Isacoff leads us through the battles over that scale, placing them in the context of quarrels in the worlds of art, philosophy, religion, politics and science. The contentious adoption of the modern tuning system known as equal temperament called into question beliefs that had lasted nearly two millenia–and also made possible the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and all who followed. Filled with original insights, fascinating anecdotes, and portraits of some of the greatest geniuses of all time, Temperament is that rare book that will delight the novice and expert alike.

Handbook of Temperament

Author: Marcel Zentner
Publisher: Guilford Publications
ISBN: 1462524990
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 769

Book Description
Timely and authoritative, this unique handbook explores the breadth of current knowledge on temperament, from foundational theory and research to clinical applications. Leaders in the field examine basic temperament traits, assessment methods, and what brain imaging and molecular genetics reveal about temperament's biological underpinnings. The book considers the pivotal role of temperament in parent–child interactions, attachment, peer relationships, and the development of adolescent and adult personality and psychopathology. Innovative psychological and educational interventions that take temperament into account are reviewed. Integrative in scope, the volume features extensive cross-referencing among chapters and a forward-looking summary chapter.

Child Temperament: New Thinking About the Boundary Between Traits and Illness

Author: David Rettew
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 039370730X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
This work explores the differences between temperamental traits and psychological disorders. What is the difference between a child who is temperamentally sad and one who has depression? Can a child be angry by temperament without being mentally ill? Here, the author discusses the factors that can propel children with particular temperamental tendencies towards or away from more problematic trajectories.

Temperament

Author: Jan Strelau
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 030647154X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 475

Book Description
Temperament is the first monograph in 40 years to present theories and basic findings in the field of temperament from a broad international and interdisciplinary perspective. The text, based on the author's four decades of personal study and data collection, thoroughly explores the physiological, biochemical, and genetic bases of temperament - incorporating age-specific methods of assessment developed through child- and adult-oriented approaches. The 147 illustrations comprise tables of the most popular temperament inventories for both children and adults, and unique data tables illustrating the psychometric features of temperament inventories based on self-rating and rating by others.

Transforming Your Temperament

Author: Inspirational Press
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 9780884863540
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Understanding the temperaments - the different combinations of inborn traits that affect behavior - can help people understand why they do what they do, and how they can choose healthy alternatives to negative personality traits. Spirit-Controlled Temperament introduces Dr. LaHaye's classic four-fold temperament theory and helps readers identify which one best describes them. Transformed Temperaments draws on biographical studies of four important people from the Bible to demonstrate how, by the power of the Holy Spirit, readers can shape and refine each temperament type. Why You Act the Way You Do guides readers in managing fear, anger, depression, and other negative emotions according to temperament types, and presents practical tips on handling different temperaments in the workplace and in marriage. Offering an important tool for self-discovery, Transforming Your Temperament shows readers the way to a new freedom of purpose, peace, and personal dignity.

Tuning and Temperament

Author: J. Murray Barbour
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486317358
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
This classic chronicle of the longstanding challenges of tuning and temperament devotes a chapter to each principal theory, features a glossary and numerous tables, and requires only minimal background in music theory.

The Temperament God Gave You

Author: Art Bennett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781933184029
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Offers a new interpretation of what a person's individual temperament means for their family and their faith and explains how to identify one's own temperament and use it to fulfill God's plan.

Temperament (PLE: Emotion)

Author: Arnold H. Buss
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 1317596129
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 181

Book Description
Originally published in 1984, this title looks at the development of temperament in early life. At the time of publication there were three major perspectives on temperament: paediatrics, individual differences in infants, and inherited personality traits that appear in early life. Whatever the diversity of these perspectives, they converge on personality traits that develop early in life, hence the title of this book. The authors start by looking at the main research in this field, then go on to discuss their own approach to temperament, building on their original theory from 1975.

Please Understand Me

Author: David Keirsey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description

Understanding the Male Temperament

Author: Tim LaHaye
Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
ISBN: 9780800717193
Category : Masculinity
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book takes an insightful look at masculinity and the male personality and explains men to themselves. But it goes beyond that: It explains men to their wives, helping them understand why the men in their lives behave the way they do.