| TEMPERAMENT (Myers-Briggs) | SJ | NF | SP | NT |
| TEMPERAMENT (Kiersey) | Epimethean
temperament Guardians |
Apollonian
temperament Idealists |
* Promethean
temperament Rationals |
* Dionysian
temperament Artisans |
| FAMILY DYSFUNCTION | Neglect | Enmeshment | Abuse | Abandonment |
| DRUG PREFERENCE | SEDATIVES | EUPHORIANTS | STIMULANTS | HALLUCINOGENS |
| EXAMPLES: |
Alcohol |
Marijuana Hashish Cocaine Alchohol Ecstasy |
Cocaine |
PCP |
| DESIRED EFFECT OF DRUG |
Relief from tension |
Feeling
good Pleasure |
Energy High Relief from boredom |
Spiritual experience |
| MIMICS THIS BODY CHEMICAL (NEUROTRANSMITTER) | Serotonin | Endorphines | Adrenaline Noradrenaline |
Dopamine |
| HEALTHY BEHAVIORS THAT PRODUCE MORE OF THIS FEELING (OR NEUROTRANSMITTER) |
Relaxation Fishing |
Pleasure Fun |
Stimulation Sports |
Wonder |
| TWELVE STEPS | 1 - 3 | 4 - 6 | 7 - 9 | 10 - 12 |
(Adapted from a paper by
Carol Roberts, Atlanta, Georgia, 1987.)
* Kiersey actually reverses these two, SP's being Dionysian.
But that doesn't fit Grant's chart. Here is a brief
analysis of this disagreement.
There are really only two types of people: those that class people into types and those that don't.
Temperament:
Online Myers-Briggs test
TypeLogic.com
Myers-Briggs in the SkepDic.com
(Skeptics Dictionary)
Rebirth of
Epimethean Man by Ivan Illich, a chapter from Deschooling
Society
Epimetheus,
or the Spirit of Reflection
Kiersey types & leadership
(further down the page)
The M.B.T.I. and the B.I.B.L.E.
Leary interview at Drug Survival News
Notes:
Noradrenaline and Serotonin are the important neurotransmitters in the Sympathetic
System.
Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter of the parasympathetic nervous system.
Notes on nervous
system with chart of features of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
Family Dysfunction/childhood
Childhood Abuse
and Neglect Causes Changes to Brain
Breaking Free
of Dysfunctional Family Patterns
etc. Pleasure
The Hedonistic Imperative
Wirehead Hedonism vs paradise-engineering