Me Myself And Us

In the past few decades personality psychology has made considerable progress in raising new questions about human nature - and providing some provocative answers. New scientific research has transformed old ideas about personality based on the theories of Freud Jung and the humanistic psychologies of the 1690s which gave rise to the simplistic categorizations of the Meyer-Briggs Inventory and the enneagream. But the general public still knows little about the new science and what it reveals about who we are. In Me Myself and Us Brian Little Ph.D. one of the psychologists who helped re-shape the field provides the first in-depth exploration of the new personality science and its provocative findings for general readers. The audiobook explores questions that are rooted in the origins of human consciousness but are as commonplace as yesterday''s breakfast conversation. Are our first impressions of other people''s personalities usually fallacious? Are creative individuals essentially maladjusted? Are our personality traits as William James put it set like plaster by the age of 30? Is a belief that we are in control of our lives an unmitigated good? Do our singular personalities comprise one unified self or a confederacy of selves and if the latter which of our mini-mes do we offer up in marriage or mergers? Are some individuals genetically hard-wired for happiness? Which is the more viable path toward human flourishing the pursuit of happiness or the happiness of pursuit? Little provides a resource for answering such questions and a framework through which readers can explore the personal implications of the new science of personality. Questionnaires and interactive assessments throughout the audiobook facilitate self-exploration and clarify some of the stranger aspects of our own conduct and that of others. Brian Little helps us see ourselves and other selves as somewhat less perplexing and definitely more intriguing.