David Keirsey

David Keirsey
Born	(1921-08-31)August 31, 1921 Oklahoma
Died	July 30, 2013(2013-07-30) (aged 91)
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	Pomona College Claremont Graduate University
Known for	Please Understand Me, Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Scientific career
Fields	Personality psychology
Institutions	formerly California State University

David West Keirsey (/ˈkɜːrziː/; August 31, 1921 – July 30, 2013^[1]) was an American psychologist, a professor emeritus at California State University, Fullerton, and the author of several books. In his most popular publications, Please Understand Me (1978, co-authored by Marilyn Bates) and the revised and expanded second volume Please Understand Me II (1998), he laid out a self-assessed personality questionnaire, known as the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, which links human behavioral patterns to four temperaments and sixteen character types. Both volumes of Please Understand Me contain the questionnaire for type evaluation with detailed portraits and a systematic treatment of descriptions of temperament traits and personality characteristics. With a focus on conflict management and cooperation, Keirsey specialized in family and partnership counseling and the coaching of children and adults.