Whats Your Type?: The Story of the Myers-Briggs, and How Personality Testing Too

Description: Whats Your Type? by Merve Emre Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARHistory that reads like biography that reads like a novel – a fluid narrative that defies expectations and plays against type New York TimesBrilliant and savage Philip Hensher Publisher Description A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEARHistory that reads like biography that reads like a novel – a fluid narrative that defies expectations and plays against type New York TimesBrilliant and savage Philip Hensher An unprecedented history of the personality test conceived a century ago by a mother and her daughter â" fiction writers with no formal training in psychology â" and how it insinuated itself into our boardrooms, classrooms, and beyond.The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It has been harnessed by Fortune 100 companies, universities, hospitals, churches, and the military. Its language â" of extraversion vs. introversion, thinking vs. feeling â" has inspired online dating platforms and Buzzfeed quizzes alike. And yet despite the tests widespread adoption, experts in the field of psychometric testing, a $500 million industry, struggle to account for its success â" no less validate its results. How did the Myers-Briggs insinuate itself into our jobs, our relationships, our internet, our lives?First conceived in the 1920s by the mother-daughter team of Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, a pair of aspiring novelists and devoted homemakers, the Myers-Briggs was designed to bring the gospel of Carl Jung to the masses. But it would take on a life of its own, reaching from the smoke-filled boardrooms of mid-century New York to Berkeley, California, where it was honed against some of the 20th centurys greatest creative minds. It would travel across the world to London, Zurich, Cape Town, Melbourne, and Tokyo; to elementary schools, nunneries, wellness retreats, and the closed-door corporate training sessions of today.Drawing from original reporting and never-before-published documents, Whatâ™s Your Type? examines nothing less than the definition of the self â" our attempts to grasp, categorise and quantify our personalities. Surprising and absorbing, the book, like the test at its heart, considers the timeless question: What makes you you? Author Biography Merve Emre is associate professor of English at the University of Oxford and fellow of Worcester College. She is the author of Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America. Her work has appeared in The New York Review of Books, London Review of Books, Harpers, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and other similar publications. Details ISBN 0008201412 ISBN-13 9780008201418 Title Whats Your Type? Author Merve Emre Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 336 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers GE_Item_ID:160758273; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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