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temperament  

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  • Temperament is the emotional and regulat ory core of personality, incorporating traitlike individual differences in emotional, attentional, and motor reactivity and in self-regulation. Temperament is biologically based, present early in life, and develops through a person's interactions and experiences with the environment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Temperament]

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