Leading neuroscientist Samuel Barondes shares scientific frameworks and
tools for improving your intuitions about people, and sizing them up more
consciously, systematically, and successfully. He shows how to use the
latest research about personality and character to get along better,
choose great friends, decide whom to trust, and avoid narcissists and
sociopaths. Kirkus Reviews A succinct look at personality psychology.
As a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the University of California,
Barondes (Molecules and Mental Illness, 2007, etc.) has spent years
studying human behavior, and this book reflects his systematic, scientific
approach for personality assessment. The average person isn't likely to
have time to research a difficult boss or potential love interest, but
the author supplements intuition with a useful cornerstone for gauging
human behavior: a table of the "Big Five" personality traits, among them
Extraversion vs. Introversion and Agreeableness vs. Antagonism. To learn
how to apply the Big Five, Barondes supplies a link for a professional
online personality test, in addition to a basic introduction of troubling
personality patterns.e.g., narcissism and compulsiveness. While genetics
may play a heavy hand in influencing personality, Barondes writes, it's
awareness of a person's background, character and life story that is
paramount in unearthing reasons for adult behavior. Readers might like
to see the author weave more everyday examples into the text.his exercise
in fostering compassion by imagining an adult as a 10-year-old child is
a gem.but there is plenty here to ponder. Those looking for traditional
"self-help" advice won't find it here, but this book clearly lays the
groundwork for deeper human interaction and better life relationships.

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