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- Personality, Character, and Leadership In The White House: Psychologists Assess the Presidents
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
Personality, Character, and Leadership in the White House is the first book-length work to present truly scientific personality evaluations of the American presidents. This benchmark work dramatically improves the state-of-the-art in classifying presidents and predicting performance in the White House. Dr. Steven Rubenzer and Dr. Thomas Faschingbauer asked 120 experts, including biographers, historians, presidential advisers, and other knowledge-able sources, to rate the presidents by filling out standardized personality tests. For each president that fell within their area of expertise, the evaluators completed a 592-item questionnaire regarding personality, intelligence, and behavior. From the results, the authors identify nine traits related to presidential success, examine how the presidentsÆ personalities affected their job performance, and list their scores on the major dimensions of personality. Rubenzer and Faschingbauer provide revealing insights about every American president and profile twenty-one of them in detail, including all postûWorld War II presidents and all of the ôgreatö presidents.
In addition to revolutionizing the way we look at the presidency, the study offers entertaining and unexpected conclusions. For instance, which recent presidentÆs personality and character most closely resembles those of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln? The answer may surprise you. Presidential scholars, students, and anyone who likes to be well informed when discussing their political preferences will find this enlightening book irresistible.
Visit www.testingthepresidents.com and www.PersonalityinHistory.com for more information.
In addition to revolutionizing the way we look at the presidency, the study offers entertaining and unexpected conclusions. For instance, which recent presidentÆs personality and character most closely resembles those of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln? The answer may surprise you. Presidential scholars, students, and anyone who likes to be well informed when discussing their political preferences will find this enlightening book irresistible.
Visit www.testingthepresidents.com and www.PersonalityinHistory.com for more information.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Note about Illustrations
- p. xiii
- Part 1: Personality and the Presidency
- 1. Personality and Character
- pp. 3-16
- 4. Types of Presidents
- pp. 60-76
- 5. Three Dominators
- pp. 83-117
- 6. Two Introverts
- pp. 118-136
- 7. Two Good Guys
- pp. 137-157
- 8. One Innocent
- pp. 158-166
- 9. Two Actors
- pp. 167-184
- 10. Two Maintainers
- pp. 185-205
- 11. Three Philosophes
- pp. 206-234
- 12. Three Extraverts
- pp. 235-267
- 13. Special Cases
- pp. 268-298
- 14. George Walker Bush
- pp. 299-308
- Appendix A
- pp. 311-328
- Appendix B
- pp. 329-331
- Appendix C
- pp. 332-337
- Appendix D
- pp. 338-339
- Appendix E
- pp. 340-347
- Appendix F
- pp. 348-349
- References and Bibliography
- pp. 361-378
- About the Authors
- p. 385
Additional Information
ISBN
9781612342856
Related ISBN(s)
9781574888157
MARC Record
OCLC
755588302
Pages
432
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No