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

from SeriousGrace

The Cult of Personality by Annie Murphy Paul is compelling. Fearing it to be a dry, psychology "talk-shop" ladden lecture on personality tests I read it along side a fictional psycho-babble book. Oddly enough, I found the nonfiction just as interesting as the fiction. Paul's book didn't need the ...

from daisyq

Fascinating take-down of personality testing across the board, starting with phrenology and working through more or less chronologically. It's a good exploration of how many of the tests have been used for purposes well beyond their initial design, and how little evidence there is for their utili...

from Devil_llama

A solid, well written book about one of the myths of psychology: the myth that we have a means to tell us what a person's personality is simply by grading responses on a standardized test. Should be required reading for counselors, educators, and anyone else who is trusted with managing or educat...

from Devil_llama

A solid, well written book about one of the myths of psychology: the myth that we have a means to tell us what a person's personality is simply by grading responses on a standardized test. Should be required reading for counselors, educators, and anyone else who is trusted with managing or educat...