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Booklet Review by Jack Falt
Hartzler, Gary & Margaret Hartzler, Facets
of Type: Activities to Develop the Type Preferences, Huntington Beach,
CA: Telos Publications, 2004, ISBN 0-9743751-7-9, 48 pp, references.
The Step II program provides more details on the four dimensions of behaviour
by breaking each dichotomy down into five facets. This is particularly
helpful for those individuals whose score is very close to the centre and
have difficulty deciding which preference is a best fit. For example, on
the Extravert-Introvert scale the five facets are: Initiating-Receiving,
Expressive-Contained, Gregarious-Intimate, Active-Reflective, and Enthusiastic-Quiet.
A person whose score is not clear may find that on the Step II, that three
of the facets are on the Extravert side and only two are on the Introvert
side. A well rounded individual has a clear preference but also needs to
be able to comfortably use the opposite facet as it is required. This booklet
contains a series of exercises to help develop the less preferred facet.
Following the introduction, each chapter looks at one of the four dimensions
of behaviour. One preference and its five facets are described and a quiz
is given asking the person to rank him or herself on a number of traits.
These are coded to relate to the five facets. Any answer that is less than
3 indicates that this is an area for the person to work on. Then the opposite
preference is given the same treatment.
This booklet is an excellent addition to a workshop on Step II or as
a counselling aid to give to clients when helping them to interpret their
results. Even if the exercises are not followed, reading the descriptions
will give a better concept of the preferences and the facets, helping them
understand their strengths and weaknesses.
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