Psychological Drawing of Personality, or How to Understand People. New Edition

Arkady Petrovich Egides — mentor of the masters of psychology, a legendary figure, psychiatrist, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, professor, founder of research in conflictology in Russia, has written an amazingly practical guide! He opposed his practical communication system to dry theory — and now you have the opportunity, without going through many years of courses at psychology faculty, to learn to read the psychological drawing of personality and to determine the psychotype in no time. Understanding people means comprehending the logic of each character, being able to represent a person's character as a whole based on a small number of already known actions, knowing what to expect from such a person, what can be demanded from them, and what cannot, what they can be taught and what cannot be. By learning to understand people, you will stop being surprised by the unexpected actions of those around you and demanding from your students, subordinates, loved ones things that they cannot perform, but others could if they were asked correctly. And of course, you will determine your own psychotype, your strengths and weaknesses — which is extremely important for every communicative person. The book presents the most common personality psychotypes: paranoid, epileptoid, hysterical, hyperthymic, schizoid, and provides clear and well-founded recommendations for communicating with them.