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Individual differences: temperament and personality; importance of the theory

This article aims at to present a report on the study of the temperament, as well as the different authors' theoretical focus on her definition and dimensions. Considering different theoretical conceptions, they are established the main aspects that characterize the temperament in all of the theories. They are also focused the main established relationships among temperament and personality and aspects that differentiate them

temperament; personality; individual differences


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