Annie Murphy Paul: 2 books
The Cult of Personality Testing
How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Award-winning psychology writer Annie Paul delivers a scathing exposé on the history and effects of personality tests.
Millions of people worldwide take personality tests each year to direct their education, to decide on a career, to determine if they'll be hired, to join the armed forces,...
Origins
How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
What makes us the w***ay*** w***e are?*** Some say it’s the genes we inherit at conception. Others are sure it’s the environment we experience in childhood. But could it be that many of our individual characteristics—our health, our intelligence, our temperaments—are influenced by the conditions...