| Description |
210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Different drums and different drummers -- 2. The four temperaments -- 3. Mating and temperament -- 4. Temperament in children -- 5. Temperament in leading -- Appendix. The sixteen types |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
Personality |
| Notes |
Copyright 1978, David Keirsey & Marilyn Bates; 1984 Gnosology Books -- t.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-210) |
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Character.
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Characters and characteristics.
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Difference (Psychology)
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Interpersonal relations.
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
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Personality assessment.
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Personality.
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Psychology.
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Psychotherapy.
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Temperament.
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Typology (Psychology)
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Character.
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Personality.
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Psychology.
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Temperament.
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Character.
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Interpersonal Relations.
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Personality.
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Psychotherapy.
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Temperament.
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| Author |
Bates, Marilyn M.
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| LC no. |
00694528 |
| ISBN |
0960695400 |
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