Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type

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Mobius, Mar 5, 1995 - Psychology - 228 pages
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THE BELOVED CLASSIC FOR UNDERSTANDING PERSONALITY TYPE.

Like a thumbprint, personality type provides an instant snapshot of a person's uniqueness. Drawing on concepts originated by Carl Jung, this book distinguishes four categories of personality styles and shows how these qualities determine the way you perceive the world and come to conclusions about what you've seen. It then explains what they mean for your success in school, at a job, in a career and in your personal relationships.

For more than 60 years, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) tool has been the most widely used instrument in the world for determining personality type, and for more than 25 years, Gifts Differing has been the preeminent source for understanding it.

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The quintessential book on type theory, written by one of the developers of the MBTI. I found this book explained some things that I'd never understood before in an easy-to-grasp way. Read full review

Contents

Extensions of Jungs Theory
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Chapter 4
53
Chapter 7
69
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About the author (1995)

The late Isabel Briggs Myers devoted her life to the observation, study, and measurement of personality. With her mother, Katharine Briggs, she authored the Myers-Briggs Type IndicatorŪ personality inventory. Peter B. Myers, Ph.D., continues research work on the development and application of personality type. Former staff director of the National Academy of Science, he is currently extending the use of the MBTIŪ instrument worldwide.

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TitleGifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type
AuthorsIsabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers
Editionreprint
PublisherMobius, 1995
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedOct 3, 2008
ISBN089106074X, 9780891060741
Length228 pages
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Psychology / Assessment, Testing & Measurement
Psychology / Movements / Jungian
Psychology / Personality
  
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