They pale in comparison with sex differences, and most important, with temperament differences instilled by genetic and congenital factors.
It bears some relation to the approach of Kagan and Snidman (2004) in considering temperament as differences in the reactivity of underlying neural systems, and is related to the category of negative affectivity described by Rothbart and colleagues (Rothbart, Ahadi, Hershey, & Fisher, 2001).
Although they come from very different places, both express belief in a common humanity that transcends differences in temperament and background and makes love possible.
Their differences in temperament were apparent even then.
Their partnership onstage has been a natural progression, despite some differences in temperament.
Yau and Hamilton had met in the seventies, and had become close, despite considerable differences in temperament and background.
Despite their differences in temperament and background, the bridegroom said, they share one important thing: long, long office hours.
It was, after all, the shared love of film that brought them together, despite their differences in temperament and background.
The other two, Sterling and Stephen, despite great differences in temperament and taste, shared a compulsive passion for art and institution-building, inherited from their father.
Most individual differences in temperament observed in infants up to 12 months in age do not endure over time and are not predictive of later behaviour.
