People Types and Tiger Stripes [Paperback]

Gordon Lawrence (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0935652167 | ISBN-13: 978-0935652161 | Publication Date: July 1993 | Edition: 3

People Types & Tiger Stripes is a classic general book on the use and application of the MBTI® instrument as well as the definitive book in the field of education and type. In the third edition, Gordon Lawrence doubled the content, reflecting the work he has done over the past 15 years. People Types & Tiger Stripes also includes two writings by Isabel Briggs Myers.

Editorial Reviews

Review

This 30th anniversary edition of People Types celebrates not only its remarkable longevity but also its fresh relevance for using type in an educational setting. It continues to be the best source of foundational knowledge in this increasingly critical area of type application. --Naomi Quenk, author of Essentials of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment, and co-author of MBTI Manual

People Types & Tiger Stripes is the gold standard of books about psychological type. It should be required reading for anyone serious about applying type concepts. Gordon Lawrence is that rare combination of bona fide thought leader in the field psychological type and an accomplished communicator. He explains clearly, provides plenty of real life examples and applications, and inspires readers. --Paul D. Tieger, author of Do What You Are and Nurture by Nature

These pages will help you gain insights into the biases in our educational system that put many students at risk. Through clear explanations, relevant stories and practical tools, this book will help you understand how to motivate yourself, your colleagues, and your students and how to reach every child. --Jane A. G. Kise, author of Differentiated School Leadership and Differentiation through Personality Types --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Gordon Lawrence, Ph.D., has been developing practical uses of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument since the early 1970s. He helped organize the first-ever conference of MBTI users in 1975 and helped to found the Association for Psychological Type four years later. When the first edition of People Types and Tiger Stripes appeared in 1979, it was the first book about uses of the MBTI instrument other than the MBTI Manual. Through workshops and teaching he has introduced the MBTI instrument and psychological type concepts to thousands of people. In addition to many articles about type, he has written Descriptions of the Sixteen Types (CAPT 1995) and Looking at Type and Learning Styles (CAPT1997). He coauthored with Charles Martin, Ph.D., Building People, Building Programs: A Practitioner s Guide for Introducing the MBTI to Individuals and Organizations (CAPT 2001). Dr. Lawrence was the third president of the Association for Psychological Type (APT), and he directed the development of the APT MBTI training program to qualify people to purchase and use the MBTI instrument. He used the MBTI assessment extensively in research, teaching, and consulting during the twenty years that he was professor of instructional leadership at the University of Florida. He has served on the board of directors of the Center for Applications of Psychological Type in Gainesville, Florida, since its founding in 1975 by Isabel Myers, the developer of the MBTI instrument, and Mary McCaulley, Ph.D. Now retired from university work, Dr. Lawrence continue to write and consult mostly about applications of psychological type. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Center for Applications of; 3 edition (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935652167
• ISBN-13: 978-0935652161
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #749,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Book for All Types, February 28, 2003

By 

Dean Bonura (Cocoa Beach, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: People Types and Tiger Stripes (Paperback)

People Types and Tiger Stripes. Gordon Lawrence. Gainesville, FL: Center for Applications of Psychological Type, Inc., 2000. 222 pp.

Dr. Gordon Lawrence's, People Types and Tiger Stripes, published by the Center for Applications of Psychological Type, outfits the personality Type practitioner with an easy to grasp discussion of Personality Type theory (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) that specifically illustrates its usefulness in the educational arena.

In less than 100 pages, anyone interested in the subject of Personality Type Preference, pioneered by Isabel Myers Briggs, will discover the basic concepts of Type Theory and learn to recognize their own kind of Type behavior. Part 2 delves deeper into the dynamics of type, particularly how the mental processes of Type function in individuals, and the application of Type. The book is filled with understandable charts, practical exercises, and helpful explanations. This book will prove a useful resource for those who are interested in the learning process and designing curricula that capitalizes on the knowledge of Type Preference.

I have especially appreciated Dr. Lawrence's approach to the Mental Processes as "habits of the mind" and his explanation of Type Dynamics, a particularly difficult concept to grasp when explaining Type. Practitioners will also find new ways of illustrating Type and explaining its many nuances.

Lawrence, (an ENTP) goes out of his way to practice what he says about learning styles. This book is for all Types. He has something for the linear learner, as well as "a-linear" learners, those "Intuitives" and "Perceptives" who like to jump in the middle of it.

I use my copy of "Types and Stripes" frequently. I have found it a ready resource when explaining Type to organizations and in my instructional role as an adult teacher.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars People Types and Tiger Stripes by Gordon Lawrence, February 24, 2003

By 

Wm Gary McGuire (florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: People Types and Tiger Stripes (Paperback)

I first read the book in 1988 or 1989 and found myself not wanting to put it down. I used it to help me facilitate a group of senior leaders in the military. I observed the leaders and found that my type was so much different that it was causing poor communications (I was a Maximum Scale "E" and they were Maximum Scale "I"). The book helped me to recognize the strengths and weaknesses in understanding types. It also guided me to using type more frequently in the workplace.
After retiring from the military, I started using type again in my first job as an Elementary School Teacher. I read Dr Lawrences' book again...this time with more enthusiasm. The book helped me to work better with my teaching team, students, and of course the staff. The differences appeared to be more similar as I applied People Types to Tiger Stripes. I actually found myself laughing at the way people (in general) behaved and how similar they were in their behavior with type.
I am currently working for the Government teaching adults. Most of my job is about behavior change processes. I use the book today (2003) to assist me with the Myers Briggs Type Instrument (MBTI) in large groups. Groups learn in a Cognitive environment (usually 100 participants) and after a 4 hour lecture they move to small group (groups of 12 to 15) to apply type to the small group and behaviors that appear typical to the type. The book is also a reading source in our Institute and is frequently read by students. Applying the principles of type are more easily defined in People Types and Tiger Stripes. It is written for the basic level of knowledge used in type and can be quickly applied to any given group.
I have a personal copy and encourage anyone to purchase and read the book. I will read it over and over again for my job and my personal life.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic reference work from a pioneer in the MBTI field, February 25, 2003

By 

Kevin C (INTP) (Charleston, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: People Types and Tiger Stripes (Paperback)

"This book presents ways to recognize the basic ingredients in behavior that make up a motivation pattern, and then to make an educated, shortcut prediction about what strategy will work best with...the wide variety of...people we teach and supervise."

Dr. Lawrence was a close associate of Isabel Briggs Myers, who with her mother Katharine C. Briggs developed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) based on the work of Carl Jung. This work is an excellent layman's introduction to the MBTI. It is written in an intelligent yet eminently readable style, with a plethora of practical examples. The included self-tests were especially helpful as I prepared for my week of training at the Center for the Application of Psychological Type (CAPT).

The MBTI has a broad range of applications, including career guidance, personal counseling, team building, etc.
Dr. Lawrence's long experience in the field of education makes this book of particular interest and usefulness to all levels of educators. He also provides worksheets to assist in the classroom analysis of learning styles in relation to type.

Despite the massive quantity of useful information packed into the over 200 pages of this work, the writing style is conversational and easy-to-understand. I managed to read it on my flight from Charleston to Gainesville, FL (granted, I had a two hour layover in Atlanta).

As a supervisor (and former teacher), I highly recommend this work to other supervisors (and current teachers).