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For anyone acquainted with the ubiquitous Myers-Briggs personality test, Please Understand Me will be familiar territory--but gone over with a fine-toothed comb. And for the uninitiated, this book will be a quick introduction to personality typing the Myers-Briggs way--with a Jungian accent. After presenting a brief rundown of 20th-century psychology movements, Keirsey and Bates encourage you to take the 70-question "Keirsey Temperament Sorter," a sort of mini-Myers-Briggs test that places you in 1 of 16 personality types. Like the Myers-Briggs system, this test sorts your personality into groups of extraversion/introversion (E/I), sensation/intuition (S/N), thinking/feeling (T/F), and perceiving/judging (P/J). Unlike the Myers-Briggs system, Please Understand Me also presents four easy-to-remember temperament types--Dionysian (freedom first), Epimethean (wants to be useful), Promethean (desires power), and Apollonian (searches for self)--that underlie the 16 possible personalities identified by the test. The book then delves into a detailed analysis of each type, with sections on mates, children, and leaders. An appendix paints portraits of the 16 possible personality types.
Unless you're already a true personality-typing devotee, this book may seem a little esoteric, especially the somewhat "in" references to psychological theory that few laypeople will be likely to understand. But give it a chance and you may find that you'll begin to understand why you always know where to find Anna Karenina on the shelf (you have an ESTJ husband), why your boss is sarcastic one day and praises your achievements the next (she's an NF), and why knowing the reason that the sun comes up in the same place every day is important to your little one (he's Promethean). You may even find that once you accept quirks and ticks in others, they will understand you a little better, too. --Stefanie Durbin
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Understanding the People in Your Life,
Ce commentaire est de: Please Understand Me: Character and Temperment Types (Paperback)
This book is invaluable. By using the test contained in it of 70 questions each of which has two options for answers, the test is scored according to four pairs of opposites. If you read the resulting score result back to the person taking the test, they are likely in 99% of cases to reploy "That's me!"
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I think the best way to learn about a book is to see some examples. There are sixteen types, with eight letters, and the following two types provide the words that go with the eight letters:INFJ=Introvert Intuititive Feeler Judger ESTP=Extravert Senser Thinker Perceiver 1. NFs (intuitive feelers) often report more pleasure in anticipation of romance than in consummation of it. They hold out for the possiblity of a perfect relationship, and some will work hard to create it. 2. SJs (sensing judgers) are very responsible, and willing to sacrifice a great deal to meet their responsiblities. They're the nurturers of society's traditional, respected institutions (churches, schools, civic organizations, etc.) They like order and predictability in home life, and are often very good employees. 3. SPs (sensing perceivers) are adventurous, spontaneous, and often end up married to SJs. They and SJs outnumber all the Ns three to one. 4. NTs (intuitive thinkers) are driven, intelligent, concerned with mastery, and often seem emotionally aloof. They hate to state the obvious or seem redundant, therefore, expressions of affection will not come often, because their commitment is already established. 5. Children who are Ns like stories that have a lot of fantasy and metaphor. They like to hear or read the same stories over and over. Children who are Ss (most children seem like Ss because of their need for action) like action stories with plot progressions and straightforward meanings, and like new stories rather than the same ones over and over. 6. Is (introverts) are slower to learn, but learn more deeply, and think things over at length. They're slower to learn social skills and slower to approach new things or people. Es (extraverts) have an easier time socially. They outnumber introverts three to one, and are more favored in our society, which encourages gregarious, social behavior. (In Japan, I've read, introverts are more popular than extraverts.) 7. Ss (sensors) are in the here-and-now. They observe their environments, remember facts, and they like straightforward language. Ns (intuitives) are dreamers, prefer their gut instincts and inner experiences, and are fascinated by ideas and fantasies or theories. They're often detatched from the factual world somewhat. 8. Ps like to work whenever, and don't make decisions easily; Js like deadlines and promptness and make decisions easily. I've enjoyed this book a great deal. Reading it makes me interested in reading Jung, who introduced personality types to us. I got a lot out of it. (Incidentally, I'm an INFJ.)
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Incredibly Insightful,
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I was first given this book at a company-mandated class (GE). I was a very naive 22 year old, and had very little interest in what some book would think of me. I was, shall we say, marching to the beat of a very different drummer. No book, I was sure, could teach me anything about ME! But I was very wrong. After a short question and answer quiz, I read in a few short paragraphs, a drop-dead accurate description of what I thought I was like.That part was interesting. Its always nice to have some external confirmation that you are as you think you are. But the even more important thing about this book is that it taught me what I am not. I looked up the description of my exact opposite personality type, and immeadiatly realized why I constantly failed at certain activities. This book made me realize that I was perfect for certain things, and that other things were just not in me. Ever since, I have been much more understanding of other people's behaviors. Because of this book, I know there are more than just INTJ people (my personality type, in the book's parlance) in this world, and that different people look at things slightly differently. This book helped me understand who I was, and helped me understand my best and strongest traits. It also gently warned me not to be too hard on myself for not being good at other things. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in broadening their understanding of their own personality, and other peoples'.
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