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| | Amazon.ca: Editorial Reviews Books: The Cult of Personality : How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | But Paul, a former senior editor at Psychology Today, contends that the accuracy of these tests and their diagnostic value have never been convincingly demonstrated; their results are, she says, "often invalid, unreliable, and unfair." This study entertainingly chronicles the often surprising stories behind the creation and promotion of the most popular tests. |
 | | Paul, mental health journalist and former senior editor at Psychology Today, notes a cyclical pattern in psychologists' devising personality assessments that are widely acclaimed, later debunked, and eventually superseded by the next new tool. |
 | | Paul intersperses history with current uses of, and overreliance on, personality tests to determine everything from child custody and competency to stand trial to school admission and job placement. |
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