The cult of personality testing
Subtitle: how personality tests are leading us to miseducate our children, mismanage our companies, and misunderstand ourselves
By: Annie Murphy Paul.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780743280723
Subjects: Personality tests -- United States.; Personality tests for children -- United States.; Employees -- Psychological testing -- United States.; Personality Tests -- United States.; Psychology, Industrial -- United States.; Child -- United States.
Description: This book tells the surprising and disturbing story of the tests that claim to capture human nature. It goes behind the scenes to discover how personality tests are used in America's companies, its courts, its schools, and in organizations from churches to community centers to dating services. It exposes the serious flaws of personality tests, explaining why their results are often invalid, unreliable, and unfair.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. A most typical American; title: 2. Rorschach's dream; title: 3. Minnesota normals; title: 4. Deep diving; title: 5. First love; title: 6.0 Child's play; title: 7.0 The stranger; title: 8.0 Uncharted waters; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Index; title: About the author.