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Covers the 5 key dimensions of personality, offering readers insight into themselves and the people around them. With a questionnaire to find out their own personality type.
Synopsis
Why are some people worriers and others wanderers? Why do some seem good at empathizing and others at controlling? Daniel Nettle takes us on a tour through the science of human personality, looking at the latest findings from psychology, brain science, and evolution to explore the mystery of what makes us the way we are.