5 temperaments are a bit correlative to the 5 love languages.
I am Melcancholic with Choleric and Phlegmatic.
Definitely not Sanguine or Supine.
My wife and I read the Love Languages years before we even got into temperament theory, and by the time we learned of the five temperaments, I had forgotten about the love languages, to think if they correlated. She may have mentioned them once in connection with temperament, because her love language obviously ties into her Sanguine temperament. So I'll have to look at those again.
I noticed an astounding phenomenon that INFPs are never ever cholerics
Anyway, the test is messy so I don't do it, but I'm choleric
Yeah, I believe Keirsey really got things wrong when he suggested all NF's were Choleric. In fact, looking again at Kretschmer's character styles (which Keirsey directly drew from), the Schizothymes (basically, the abstract temperaments) were divided into "cold vs
sensitive". The Anasthetic being "cold" and the Hyperesthetic being "sensitive". Keirsey interpreted "sensitive" as "
exciteable", and then concluded it was Choleric (because the Choleric is traditionally the "angry, hot-headed" one), and the hyperesthetic ended up fitting NF. But the Choleric is anything but sensitive, really. Traditionally, the Phlegmatic is portrayed as having deep seated fears and sensitivity, (driving his sluggishness) though not showing them much. In five temperament theory, this is basically split, with the Supine being the really sensitive one, and the Phlegmatic is simply not having much energy for emotion. (Which is
different from the reason the NT appears "calm". That's actually the more "Choleric" form of "coldness", and Kant had called
both the Phlegmatic and Choleric "cold blooded").
Cool test! Just my own scores today, will try and get friends to do it for me:
Sanguine: 55
Melancholy: 53
Phlegmatic: 41
Choleric: 36
Supine: 27
Seems like I fit well into your correlations. I've taken other temperment tests before. The most recent one scored me as Melancholy/Sanguine which seemed to fit me very well, actually. Even though they seem rather opposite when I read the descriptions- it's like I like to project Sanguine when inside Melancholy is more natural to me.
Though I also somehwat identify with Phlegmatic, it seems to be more of what I admire and how I would like others to see me than my actual expression. (But I guess that's what the friend-scoring is for).
Yes, even in Keirsey/Berens' correlation, ISTP would amount to a Melancholic-Sanguine. The Interaction Style (IST) called "Chart the Course" is Melancholic (introverted, directive), and SP is Sanguine (pragmatic, motive-focused)
What do "in Inclusion" and "in Control" mean?
Those are two of the three FIRO matrices used in five temperament theory. Inclusion is surface social skills, and Control is leadership and responsibilities skills. The backbone of my FIRO-MBTI correlation is that
Inclusion corresponds to Interaction Styles, and Control corresponds to the Keirseyan temperaments, which Berens called "conative" (dealing with action). There's also a third area called "Affection" which covers deep epersonal relationships. That does not seem to be directly represented in MBTI, though it in some respects might figure in the Interaction Style. If you seem to have a third temperament like the Phlegmatic you mentioned, it could be in Affection.
Full "short' explanation of all this at:
ERICA vs EISeNFelT
Supine 40
Melancholy 38
Sanguine 30
Phlegmatic 27
Choleric 12
Eric B - if you're around, I'd be extremely interested as to what type you think this correlates with.
With top two as Supine and Melancholy, it actually could be either ISFJ or INFJ; and you're wearing "IxFx"! ISFJ=Supine(ISF)-Melancholy(SJ), and INFJ=Melancholy(INJ)-Supine(NF) (That informal test does not tell which is actually Inclusion and which is Control, but it's a good bet that it's one of the two orders of those two temperaments).
Both have Fe/Ti as supporting and relief (I call this a "harmonic" preference, see
http://www.typologycentral.com/foru...lity-matrices/14018-process-tandem-names.html), so you need to sort out your perception preference. You can try out my Lucky Eight Archetype test (
http://www.typologycentral.com/foru...tb-s-ultimate-lucky-eight-archetype-test.html) to quickly get an idea what roles Si or Ni fill, and that might help decide. (Though a lot of INFP's have come up with combinations like that too, and I imagine ISFP's could too).