The Paperclip Test
Will be published approx. on 3. November 2016
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-910931-00-4 (ISBN)
Description
Learn something new about yourself today.
What does your workspace say about you? The most revealing clues aren't on your desk or on your computer. Rather, they're those paperclips in your bin - the ones you've fiddled with, probably without even realising it.
When psychiatrist Mario Gmuer started scrutinising paperclips bent by his patients, he found that they actually reveal multitudes about the creator's character, quirks and hidden desires. Are you an optimist? A pushover? A Lothario? A bully?
After studying the links between paperclip shapes and distinct character types, Gmuer has created a delightful collection of quizzes and psychological profiles that allow readers to discover their innermost truths using these miniature metallic sculptures.
Part Rorschach test and part humorous horoscope, The Paperclip Test offers an amusing yet astonishingly insightful personality gauge for anyone who has ever bent a paperclip without thinking about what secrets that tiny shape might hold.
What does your workspace say about you? The most revealing clues aren't on your desk or on your computer. Rather, they're those paperclips in your bin - the ones you've fiddled with, probably without even realising it.
When psychiatrist Mario Gmuer started scrutinising paperclips bent by his patients, he found that they actually reveal multitudes about the creator's character, quirks and hidden desires. Are you an optimist? A pushover? A Lothario? A bully?
After studying the links between paperclip shapes and distinct character types, Gmuer has created a delightful collection of quizzes and psychological profiles that allow readers to discover their innermost truths using these miniature metallic sculptures.
Part Rorschach test and part humorous horoscope, The Paperclip Test offers an amusing yet astonishingly insightful personality gauge for anyone who has ever bent a paperclip without thinking about what secrets that tiny shape might hold.
Reviews / Votes
The Paperclip Test offers an insightful personality gauge for anyone who has ever fiddled with a paperclip, without thinking about the secrets that innocuous metal wire might hold. -- Harvey Day * UK Press Syndication *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
full colour photographs
Dimensions
Height: 160 mm
Width: 110 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910931-00-4 (9781910931004)
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Persons
Mario Gmuer, born 1945, is a well-known and acclaimed Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. He has written and published many scholarly texts, a book with short stories and several non-fiction titles. With The Paperclip Test he publishes the first worldwide analysis of human paperclip-bending behaviour. Mario Gmuer lives and works in Zurich.