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by David Keirsey (Author), Marilyn Bates (Author)

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Paperback: 210 pages
Publisher: Prometheus Nemesis Book Co, US; 5th ed edition (Dec 1984)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0960695400
ISBN-13: 978-0960695409
Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13 x 1.5 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars surprisingly accurate, 3 May 2000

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I am using this book as the basis for a personality experiment for my dissertation. So far, EVERYONE who has taken the questionnaire has been amazed at how accurately the personality descriptions have fitted them. I know there must be more than 16 different types of people in the world, some may argue that it oversimplifies the issue, but I feel it has provided the people I tested with useful insights about their character, which might help them to understand their behaviour.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable resource, 30 Dec 1996

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This book helps the reader understand why people behave the way they do. It uses the Myers-Briggs type indicator to define sixteen different personality types. It describes, in detail, the sixteen different types. The reader may take the test at the beginning of the book to discover his or her own type. A person can be either an extrovert (E) or an introvert (I), intuitive (N) or sensing (S), thinking (T) or feeling (F), and judging (J) or perceiving (P). The book emphasizes that no personality type is better than another. This book suggests good professions for each type of personality and tips for dealing with people of different types.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great expansion of MBTI, 30 Jul 1999

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I first read this book after I had already familiarized myself with Isabel Briggs Myers' work. The constructs that Keirsey invented -- most notably, the temperament groups SP, NF, NT and SJ -- are a very helpful expansion of the MBTI theoretical base. I believe Keirsey's portrait of an ISTP is the finest summary I have ever read for that type. It fits my brother to a "T". I identify most strongly with the ISFP, and Keirsey's characterization of that type is surely the most flattering ever penned. Though some will not agree with Keirsey's speculations about the temperaments of long-dead historical figures, there is much to admire about this volume. I did feel that the book is quite verbose, and needed stronger editing, but this complaint didn't detract from my enjoyment of Please Understand Me. This book will help you figure out so many people in your life. Read it!

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