Just My Type : Understanding Personality Profiles

Reviewed by: Terri Bauld - Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, Kennebunkport, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 27, 2017

Review

For young readers who are curious about what makes people tick, this informative book will help them get a better understanding of themselves and others. This book provides a elementary overview of personality profiling with examples such as ancient Chinese astrology, Freud and Jung, Myers-Briggs to the Big-Five Factor Markers (BFFM) and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Within the 6 chapters, text is supplemented with diagrams, call-outs, photographs and charts. Also included are try-outs where readers are asked to answer questions to determine an assessment. This information should resonate with readers who are looking for insights into their own personality. Source notes, glossary, for further information section, index, photo acknowledgements and author background are included in the back pages.

Material is concise and provides a basic overview of this field in an easy-to-understand format that is appropriate for readers age 12 to 18. A strong introduction that should interest readers to want to learn more the workings of the human personality.

Overall Book Score: very good