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Please Understand Me Character and Temperament Types
Author: David Keirsey, Marilyn Bates

Same as: ISBN-10: 0960695400 — Does your spouse's need to alphabetically organize books on the shelves puzzle you? Do your boss's tsunami-like moods leave you exasperated? Do your child's constant questions make you batty? If you've ever wanted to change your mate, your coworkers, or a family member, then "Put down your chisel," advise David Keir... more »sey and Marilyn Bates in this book of personality types. We are different for a reason, and that reason is probably more good than bad. Keirsey and Bates believe that not only is it impossible to truly change others (which they call embarking on a "Pygmalion project"), it's much more important to understand and affirm differences. Sounds easier than it is, you might say. Well, this book is a guide for putting an end to the Pygmalion projects in your life and starting on the path to acceptance.

For anyone acquainted with the ubiquitous Myers-Briggs personality test, Please Understand Me will be familiar territory--but gone over with a fine-toothed comb. And for the uninitiated, this book will be a quick introduction to personality typing the Myers-Briggs way--with a Jungian accent. 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.

Unless you're already a true personality-typing devotee, this book may seem a little esoteric, especially the somewhat "in" references to psychological theory that few laypeople will be likely to understand. But give it a chance and you may find that you'll begin to understand why you always know where to find Anna Karenina on the shelf (you have an ESTJ husband), why your boss is sarcastic one day and praises your achievements the next (she's an NF), and why knowing the reason that the sun comes up in the same place every day is important to your little one (he's Promethean). You may even find that once you accept quirks and ticks in others, they will understand you a little better, too. --(Stefanie Durbin Amazon.com Review)

ISBN: 156802
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 207
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Publisher: Prometheus Nemisis Book Co.
Book Type: Paperback
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Tracy M. (tracymar) reviewed Please Understand Me: : Character and Temperament Types on 2/15/2007 + 408 more book reviews

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One of the best book available on the 16 personality types as indicated by the Myers-Briggs and Keirsey personality tests. Several page description of the psychodynamics of each type, with a quiz for determine one's type and discussion of the four primary types, personality types in children and more.

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Denyse H. (training4jc) - reviewed Please Understand Me: : Character and Temperament Types on 4/19/2009 + 28 more book reviews

very imformative

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Diane V. reviewed Please Understand Me: : Character and Temperament Types on 3/13/2009 + 2 more book reviews

Clearly written. Accessible. The included test is briefer and clearer than the Meyers-Briggs.

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Gwen B. (daylily) reviewed Please Understand Me: : Character and Temperament Types on 12/20/2006 + 52 more book reviews

The authors are trainers of therapists and fdiagnosticians of dysfunctional behavior at California State University

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