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Furr, R. Michael

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Early Life and Education Background

In 1970, Mike was born to Dr. Richard M. Furr, Sr. and Margaret Lee Furr. He was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, where he attended Page High School with his brother David (a Tony-nominated actor).

He was introduced to personality assessment in childhood while “helping” his father (an organizational psychologist) score personality tests such as the MBTI and the FIRO-B. Skepticism of personality assessment also arose at this time, as he took those same tests and magically switched from an I to an E and back to an I on the MBTI from one day to another.

He earned a BA in Psychology at the College of William and Mary in 1992. Mike was not Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, magna cum laude, cum laude, or any other kind of laude. Indeed, he was not particularly goal-directed or forward-thinking at W&M. As graduation approached, this laissez-faire attitude became, regrettably, unsustainable. Belatedly moved to action, Mike sought advice from Dr....

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  1. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    R. Michael Furr

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    April Phillips

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Furr, R.M. (2020). Furr, R. Michael. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24612-3_1713

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