Somatotype, Definition & Facts
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Somatotype, in psychology, the discredited idea that human body shape and physique type are associated with personality traits. The term was used in the system of classification of human physical types developed in the 1940s by American psychologist W.H. Sheldon. Learn more about somatotypes in this article.
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SOMATOTYPES A Somatotype is another name for Body build or
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Somatotype hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
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William Herbert Sheldon - Wikipedia
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What do you think about this system? I feel like a mix of the
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Body Shapes & Somatotypes –
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Somatotypes. (top) Typical artist depiction of the somatotypes
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