The cult of personality testing

The cult of personality testing by Annie Murphy Paul is a 2005 Psychology & Mind book written by TED speaker Annie Murphy Paul, paired here with the talk they gave.

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.

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