TEMPERAMENT DISCOVERY™ SYSTEM - Keirsey

ABOUT KEIRSEY
THE TEMPERAMENT
DISCOVERY TM SYSTEM
The Temperament Discovery TM
System features the Keirsey TM
Temperament Sorter ® -II and
personality descriptions based on
the book, “Please Understanding
Me II.” Both were written by
Dr. David Keirsey, a clinical
psychologist who worked in public
schools for 20 years, and then
spent 11 years training therapists
and pathologists at California
State University, Fullerton, in the
art of changing dysfunctional
behavior in children and adults.
REcOMMENDED READING
“Understanding
temperament styles is the
key to working with others.”
- David Keirsey
PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME II PEOPLE PATTERNS PRESIDENTIAL TEMPERAMENT PORTRAITS OF TEMPERAMENT
“Please Understand Me” has
sold over two million copies.
The completely rewritten and
expanded “Please Understand
Me II: Temperament,
Character, Intelligence,” is Dr.
Keirsey’s latest best selling
book, and incorporates much
of his sixty years of research
into human personality. He is
currently working on a new
book, “Temperament and
Talent,” which examines the
complex interaction between
our inborn preferences, what
we practice, our natural
talents, and our developed
skills.
Stephen Montgomery
presents a modern guide
to the four temperaments,
the four ancient “people
patterns” that hold the
key to personality types.
Montgomery draws
extensively on the work of
David Keirsey, but he also
cites scores of characters
from popular books, movies,
and TV to bring the four
temperaments alive. In an
easy style, and in words that
everyone can understand,
Montgomery shines a bright
new light on Keirsey’s four
temperaments.
Guardian
Idealist
Rational
Artisan
Keirsey and Choiniere
examine 40 of the US
presidents, explaining how
each President’s temperament
inevitably expressed itself in
his behavior, both in office
and in his personal life. The
authors believe that this book
may help voters see through
the facades of political
campaigns and to make
more informed choices about
political candidates.
Keirsey expands upon his
work in “Please Understand
Me,” by examining the
different communication
styles exhibited by the four
temperaments. His analysis
of Directive and Informative
roles provides insight into
how the four temperaments
interact.