The breed standard for temperament decrees: "A cheerful attitude is the hallmark of the breed and one should settle for nothing less".
American composer James Tenney was fixated on tuning systems that he felt were infinitely more complex and multi-layered than the standard equal temperament, the system through which Western orchestras and instruments are tuned.
The American Kennel Club breed standard describes temperament as "alert and spirited, yet obedient to command... friendly, intelligent and willing to please... never overaggressive or timid".
SD: Standard deviation, TCI: Temperament and Character Inventory, HLC: Health Locus of Control, IPP: International Personality Item Pool 1 Gender differences in scale variables were assessed by non-parametric Mann-Whitney tests.
Just as card-carrying Libertarian Party members have been known to give strangers unprovoked 90-minute lectures on the gold standard, leftists of a certain temperament are happy to share at length their theories about what exactly went wrong in 1919, or 1936, or 1970.
The exhibition and judging of dogs required comparison to a breed standard and thus the appearance and temperament of the Scottie was written down for the first time.
Male and female donkeys have different temperaments, and there are miniature, standard and giant-sized donkeys which are as big as standard horses.
This tuning system, not based upon equal temperament or upon a system of standard pitches but on a similar/certain pattern of large and small intervals, could also be found among the gamelan orchestras of western Indonesia.
In concert with infant neurobehavioral and physiological assessments from birth through 24 months corrected age (CA), maternal assessments are made using standard tools including anxiety, depression, attachment, support systems, temperament as well as physiological stress parameters.
In a lengthy theater career whose ups and downs included a Tony-winning one-woman show, collaborations with Stephen Sondheim and Edward Albee, and a debilitating but ultimately successful battle with alcoholism, Stritch had a temperament that was outsized even by Broadway standards.
