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    Just My Type: Understanding Personality Profiles
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    Just My Type: Understanding Personality Profiles

    By Daniel Carlson and Michael J. Rosen

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    For thousands of years, philosophers and scientists have searched for the keys to human personality. Today, personality testing is a multibillion-dollar business. Many people take personality tests online just for fun. Whether silly or serious, personality testing can be an eye-opening way to better understand yourself, your family, and your friends. Just My Type introduces readers to the history of personality profiling, ranging from ancient Chinese astrology, to Freud and Jung, to the modern-day Myers-Briggs and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) assessments. Examine the world of online personality assessments through mini self-administered quizzes. Learn how to distinguish useful applications from biased typecasting.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781467795791
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      Not sure how widely this will get read by teens unless they are psychology nerds. The authors give broad coverage to the different personality theories of the last couple of centuries, from phrenology to personality tests, Skinner to Stanford-Binet. The pros, cons and evolution of thought in this area are addressed, giving the message that personality is not easily pigeon-holed.