| Description |
xxiii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Palo Alto, CA : Consulting Psychologists Press, c1980. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Theory -- An orderly reason for personality differences -- Extensions of Jung's theory -- Effects of the preferences on personality -- Type tables for comparison and discovery -- Effect of the EI preference -- Effect of the SN preference -- Effect of the TF preference -- Effect of the JP preference -- Extraverted and interoverted forms of the processes compared -- Descriptions of the sixteen types -- Practical implications of type -- Use of the opposites -- Type and marriage -- Type and early learning -- learning styles -- Type and occupation -- Dynamics of type development -- Type and the task of growing up -- Good type development -- Obstacles to type development -- Motivation for type development in children -- Going on from whereever you are -- Endnotes -- References -- About Isable Briggs Myers -- Ful-size type table. |
| Summary |
Describing the 16 major personality types identified in the work of Briggs and Myers, this landmark book shows the profound effects--on marriage, learning and career satisfaction--of a person's style of perception and judgment. The late Isabel Briggs Myers co-authored the most widely used personality inventory in history, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. |
| Subject |
Typology (Psychology)
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
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| Added Author |
Myers, Peter B., author.
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| ISBN |
9780891060741 |
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089106074X |
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