AusAPT Type Research and Practice Collection Occasional Papers (#2 – May 2020) Face Value Only? A Review of Personality Inventories: Fiction, Fact, Future, by Jane Bozarth (2019) Peter Geyer peter@petergeyer.com.au Werribee, Australia This article is also available as a pdf download here: Face Value Only? Download This paper examines the content and method of Jane Bozarth’s recent publication on personality inventories in the workplace, available here and at www.LearningGuild.com which has been provided to me for evaluation and comment. While there are many errors and misjudgements contained within, ranging from historical and other facts to research methodology, there are also questions asked (more…) 
While we are in our homes more at present, it is an excellent opportunity to do some professional reading and research on areas of type. Peter Geyer is the Custodian of the AusAPT Type Research and Practice Collection (Collection), available as a resource for AusAPT members. As you may know, he has researched, written and presented on type for over 25 years. Moreover, Peter is keen to assist with knowledge and practice on type through the resources of the Collection and his extensive experience and expertise. You can read more about the Collection here. The Collection is a fixed resource but also (more…) 
Warm congratulations to AusAPT community member, psychologist and documentary film-maker, Brian Walsh, who has won an Award of Merit in the US Best Shorts Award for his documentary, ‘Men and Love’. This important documentary explores men’s thoughts and feelings on love through interviews with 17 men. It is the final documentary in a trilogy devoted to men and feelings, following on from ‘Men and Crying’ (2014), ‘Men and Anger’ (2017). To view ‘Men and Love’, head over to Brian’s YouTube Kailash Studios page or visit the Kailash Studio’s Filmography page. Thanks to Meredith Fuller for the images. (more…) 
ANGELINA BENNET (INTJ), Past President, British Association for Psychological Type (BAPT) This article first appeared in TYPEFACE, the journal of the British Association of Psychological Type, Vol 31, no 1, Winter 2020, 22-24 and is reproduced here with kind permission of BAPT and the author. The AusAPT Conferences have been going from strength to strength over the last few years. I attended my first official AusAPT Conference in 2017, having co-presented the Best of British mini conference the previous year with Susan Nash. Since then there has been a noticeable increase in the number of international experts from all over (more…) 
AusAPT Type Research and Practice Collection Occasional Papers (#1 – February 2020) A response to False Portraits by Jennifer V Fayard Psychology Today January 2020 Peter Geyer peter@petergeyer.com.au Werribee, Australia This article is also available as a pdf download here: Media-PuzzleDownload To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle George Orwell [Campbell 2011 p187] There’s something about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) and the notion of types of people that provokes a consistent stream of criticism, whether it be about the questionnaire itself, or the ideas attached to it. Sometimes this prompts defences from various interested parties, (more…) 