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The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves

by Annie Murphy Paul

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The first book to thoroughly explore the phenomenon of personality testing.
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Annie Murphy Paul is a magazine journalist and book author who writes about the biological and social sciences. Born in Philadelphia, she graduated from Yale University and from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. A former senior editor at Psychology Today magazine, she was awarded the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, Slate, Discover, Health, O: The Oprah Magazine, and many other publications. She is the author of The Cult of Personality: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves. An article based on Origins was selected for inclusion in the Best American Science Writing 2009.
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Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

ONE A Most Typical American

TWO Rorschach's Dream

THREE Minnesota Normals

FOUR Deep Diving

FIVE First Love

SIX Child's Play

SEVEN The Stranger

EIGHT Uncharted Waters

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author

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leem9, May 21, 2007 (view all comments by leem9)
Everyone who use test should know its limitations, but someone did neglect them. Let's notice them from this book.
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ISBN:
9780743280723
Author:
Paul, Annie Murphy
Publisher:
Free Press
Subject:
Psychology
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
Personality
Subject:
Assessment, Testing & Measurement
Subject:
Psychology: Personality Disorders
Copyright:
2005
Edition Description:
B102
Publication Date:
September 2005
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
index; notes
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.44 x 5.5 in 14.525 oz
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