The cult of personality testing

By Annie Murphy Paul

Subjects: Personality Tests, Child, Personality development, Industrial Psychology, Personality tests, Employees, Psychological testing, Personality tests for children

Description: This book tells the surprising and disturbing story of the tests that claim to capture human nature. It goes behind the scenes to discover how personality tests are used in America's companies, its courts, its schools, and in organizations from churches to community centers to dating services. It exposes the serious flaws of personality tests, explaining why their results are often invalid, unreliable, and unfair.