The purpose of this course is to give the student a working knowledge of temperament and how it affects every aspect of our lives. This course is provided to give insight and knowledge into the inner workings of man. The information provided within this course will provide the counselor with added confidence in his own ability to counsel. A theory is an assumption based upon certain evidence or observations, but lacking scientific proof. When a theory becomes generally accepted in the mind and firmly established, it then becomes a doctrine or principle.