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Psychologische Typen
Carl Gustav Jung
The source of introversion and extraversion and of the function-based model that later typologies build on.
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Körperbau und Charakter
Ernst Kretschmer
An early body-build and temperament typology, important historically and now largely rejected.
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The Varieties of Human Physique
William Herbert Sheldon
Sheldon's somatotype system, a body-based typology that was widely used and later criticized.
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The Structure of Human Personality
Hans Jurgen Eysenck
A dimensional model of personality that moved the field away from discrete types toward traits.
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Please Understand Me
Marilyn Bates
A popular guide to four-letter types that helped spread the Myers-Briggs framework to general readers.
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