Endomorph | Description, W.H. Sheldon, & Constitutional Psychology

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endomorph, a human somatotype (physical type) tending toward roundness, as determined by the now discredited physique-classification system developed in the 1940s by American psychologist W.H. Sheldon. Sheldon linked endomorphy to certain character traits, including being extroverted, tolerant, relaxed, and lazy—an idea that today is considered pseudoscience.

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The extreme endomorph somatotype had a body as nearly globular as humanly possible; he or she had a round head, a large round abdomen, large internal organs relative to body size, and rather short arms and legs, with fat upper arms and thighs but slender wrists and ankles. Under normal conditions the endormorphic individual had a great deal of body fat, but he or she was not simply a fat person; if starved, the individual remained an endomorph, only thinner. Compare ectomorph; mesomorph.

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