Persona /

An investigation into the origins of the United States' obsession with personality testing and the profound ways that ideas about personality have influenced American ethics, as well as the potential risks regarding discrimination and hiring. Includes commentary by the granddaughters of Isabel...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Persona (Motion picture : 2021).
Corporate Authors:	HBO Max (Firm) (presents.), CNN Films (Firm) (presents.), Diamond Docs (Firm) (prioduction company.)
Other Authors:	Monroe, Mark (Screenwriter), Scarborough, David (on-screen participant.), Desai, Nainita (composer (expression))
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[United States] : HBO Max, 2021.
Subjects:	Personality tests > United States. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Employees > Psychological testing > United States. Discrimination in employment. Personality tests > Moral and ethical aspects. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

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Summary:	An investigation into the origins of the United States' obsession with personality testing and the profound ways that ideas about personality have influenced American ethics, as well as the potential risks regarding discrimination and hiring. Includes commentary by the granddaughters of Isabel Briggs Myers, the creator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and David Scarborugh, co-creator of the Unicru Personality Test.
Item Description:	Originally released as a documentary film on the Internet in 2021.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (85 min., 22 sec.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Audience:	Rating: TV-MA.
Production Credits:	Directed by Tim Travers Hawkins ; producer, Julia Nottingham ; written by Mark Monroe ; editors, Anna Price, Gary Forrester ; music by Nainita Desai ; director of photography, Joe Bender.