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William Sheldon

Sociological Theories of Deviance

Sociology 3305

UMD

SOMATOTYPING

WILLIAM SHELDON
VARIOUS BOOKS FROM 1936-1954
DEVELOPED BASED ON TISSUE LAYERS, EMBRYOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY

DEVELOPED THREE PHYSICAL AND TEMPERAMENT TYPES

1. PHYSIQUE - ENDOMORPHIC:
RELATIVELY GREAT DEVELOPMENT OF DIGESTIVE VISCERA; TENDENCY TO PUT ON FAT; SOFT ROUNDNESS THROUGH VARIOUS REGIONS OF THE BODY; SHORT TAPERING LIMBS; SMALL BONES; SOFT, SMOOTH, VELVETY SKIN
TEMPERAMENT - VISCEROTONIC:

GENERAL RELAXATION OF BODY; A COMFORTABLE PERSON; LOVES SOFT LUXURY; A SOFTIE BUT STILL ESSENTIALLY AN EXTROVERT

2. PHYSIQUE - MESOMORPHIC:
RELATIVE PREDOMINANCE OF MUSCLES, BONE AND THE MOTOR ORGANS OF THE BODY; LARGE TRUNK; HEAVY CHEST; LARGE WRISTS AND HANDS;
TEMPERAMENT - SOMOTONIC:
ACTIVE, DYNAMIC, PERSON;WALKS, TALKS, GESTURES ASSERTIVELY; BEHAVES AGGRESSIVELY

3. PHYSIQUE - ECTOMORPHIC:
RELATIVE PREDOMINANCE OF SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES, WHICH INCLUDES THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; LEAN, FRAGILE, DELICATE BODY; SMALL DELICATE BONES; DROOPY SHOULDERS; SMALL FACE, SHARP NOSE, FINE HAIR; RELATIVELY LITTLE BODY MASS AND RELATIVELY GREAT SURFACE AREA
TEMPERAMENT- CEREBROTONIC:
AN INTROVERT; FULL OF FUNCTIONAL COMPLAINTS, ALLERGIES, SKIN TROUBLES, CHRONIC FATIGUE, INSOMNIA; SENSITIVE TO NOISE AND DISTRACTIONS; SHRINKS FROM CROWDS.


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