Psychologist's Book Of Self-tests: 25 Love, Sex, Intelligence, Career, And Personality Tests Developed By Professionals To Reveal The Real You [Paperback]

Louis H. Janda (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1996

Now readers can uncover their strengths and weaknesses with this collection of 25 actual personality tests developed by psychologists for professional use. The tests cover every aspect of personality--intelligence, self-esteem, ambition, platonic and romantic relationships--and, at the end of each, expert advice to help readers change their lives for the better is included.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade; 1st edition (July 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399522115
• ISBN-13: 978-0399522116
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you LOVE tests.... this might be fun!, March 22, 2003

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Peter Messerschmidt "denmarkguy" (Port Townsend, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychologist's Book Of Self-tests: 25 Love, Sex, Intelligence, Career, And Personality Tests Developed By Professionals To Reveal The Real You (Paperback)

For many years I have enjoyed (and studied, to some degree) personality and psychological tests of various kinds. If you like the idea of getting a whole batch of different psychology tests in ONE book-- rather than having to buy a separate book for EACH test-- then this may be the book for you.

Louis Janda's book is divided into five sections, each containing five tests, under the general headings of "Getting Ahead" (intelligence, work and life experience); "Getting it Together" (Self-esteem and self-image); "Getting Along" (Your intereaction and social style); "Getting Together" (Your relationship styles) and "Getting it on" (Your sexuality and intimacy preferences). There is only the briefest of introductions on how to use the book and the metrics of psychological tests, and at the end of each test Janda includes only a few VERY brief statements about the development of each particular test, and the meaning of your results.

These 25 tests were, indeed, developed by psychologists and researchers, and they certainly have the potential to teach you a thing or two about yourself. However, the nature of this "book of tests" also means that there simply isn't any significant room left over for interpretation of test scores, nor for helping the reader *apply* the information to their own self-growth. As such, I would be happy to recommend the book for someone who's already familiar with psychological testing-- however, if you're just getting *started* on the concept of psychology, I expect this text would leave you with the thoughts "OK, so these are my results. Now what???"

Final thoughts: Recommended (7.5 out of a possible 10 bookmarks), but mainly for those who already have some familiarity with psychology and testing.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Tests, Not Insightful Results, August 8, 2005

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This review is from: Psychologist's Book Of Self-tests: 25 Love, Sex, Intelligence, Career, And Personality Tests Developed By Professionals To Reveal The Real You (Paperback)

This book has some interesting tests to take-- how romantic are you? How much do you know about Sex? How aggressive are you?
I was hoping to learn more about myself by taking these tests. The results on some tests are difficult to calculate. But once you muddle through and find your score - you are not really given a good explanation of what your results mean. It tells me very little about myself that I scored with the top 10 percent of those taking the test. I was hoping for explanations of what my answers say about me. This book lacks any deep thought-provoking explanations about your answers. I was hoping for it to say something about my personality. I was looking for more explanation into who I am based on the results of the tests. This book lacks the "that's interesting" factor from your test results. I was a bit disappointed by that. I took the tests and it seemed to reveal very little about the real me.

21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not very informative, April 24, 2002

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This review is from: Psychologist's Book Of Self-tests: 25 Love, Sex, Intelligence, Career, And Personality Tests Developed By Professionals To Reveal The Real You (Paperback)

This book lacks insight and details. After a given test the author gives you his personal view of the test you just took but doesn't give you an interpretaion of your score results. For instance, who cares if you came in the 85th percentile on the "How Romantic Are You?" test when the author fails to point out whether that means that you are an extreme romantic or an extreme nonromatic. Or if that's a good thing or not. I would not recommend this book to anyone looking to learn more about themselves. The book is mostly fluff with no meat.