2007-03-21 10:24:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Somatotypes are body types.
2007-03-21 10:30:33 · answer #1 · answered by JD, MAPSY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The three somatotypes -- endomorphic, mesomorphic, and ectomorphic -- are basic classifications of animal body types according to the prominence of different basic tissues types, roughly: digestive, muscular, and nervous tissues. They form the core of a theory, developed in the 1940s by American psychologist William Sheldon, associating body types with human temperament types. This linkage is fairly simplistic and is seen as outdated in physiological science, but the account of somatotypes is still probably a valid, if limited way to sort basic body types.
2007-03-21 17:28:16 · answer #2 · answered by Pauly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The somatotypes is a theory based on the assumption that different body types are associated with human temperament types, formed during the 1940s by the American psychologist William Sheldon.
2007-03-21 17:27:04 · answer #3 · answered by hpulka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spelt somatotypes - Its a theory from the 1940s that there are basically 3 types of human body. Check out
www.kheper.net/topics/typology/somatotypes.html
Hope this helps
2007-03-21 17:29:15 · answer #4 · answered by Jim S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somato-body
2007-03-21 17:27:09 · answer #5 · answered by rosemarie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋