Kokology 2: More of the Game of Self-Discovery

by Isamu Saito and Tadahiko Nagao

Book Overview

Based on the bestselling Japanese phenomenon of addictive pop-quiz games that uses proven psychological principles to reveal your hidden attitudes about sex, family, love, work, and more, Kokology 2 offers more than 50 quizzes perfect for beginners and experienced kokologists alike.

Kokology, the study of kokoro ("mind" or "spirit" in Japanese), asks you to answer questions about seemingly innocent topics--such as which is the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743222121
• ISBN13: 9780743222129
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Touchstone Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

kokology puts your brain to work!

I truly enjoyed this little book. It was fun and I learned so much about myself and my friends!!!

Beware!

This book was great. I ordered it and several of it's kind before going on a camping trip. Kokology 2 came before 1 arrived and it was the only one that made it on the trip. I hear 1 is good as well so we look forward to it's arrival. I made the time around the campfire so profound that we were all amazed. There are a few questions that might not hit home and if you don't live by the ocean or you don't live in a city so they are hard to imagine, but all in all we had a great time and all eagerly awaited hearing my cousin read the next question. Worth the money 10 fold.

Just as funny, but not as insightful as Kokology 1...

I picked up Kokology 1 in a funky bookstore on State St. in Santa Barbara, several years ago. I've used it often with friends and family. The questions are intriguing, hard to cheat (you think you have them figured out, but you never do) and, because they are short, are very easy to play rapidly. For some reason, this book always seems to go over better than The Book of Questions (though I like that one as well). I was very excited to get Kokology 2, as I have played the first enough times to start remembering my answers when I play it with new groups of people. Unfortunately, though these questions are also hard to cheat and riotously funny (like the first book), they are not as insightful. I don't finish the questions thinking, "Wow! I didn't realize that about myself!" Two of the questions my husband and I played were very confusing. We both tried to answer one of them in different ways and it turned out that they were looking for something totally different than either of our methods. Another question asked us to come up with the emotions of all seven dwarfs (from Snow White), which was tedious and hard to remember (though I do think it was more insightful than some of the other questions). Overall, I think the first book was better. Still, this is worth purchasing and playing with friends. After all, the best part of either of these books is the chance to get to know others better and become closer as a result.

So You Like To Play Games?

This is part two of the Kokology series and remains much along the same lines as the first. Here you have 53 different situations to contemplate and choose a response for. Many hours of fun ensue and possibly a few surprises could crop up!

Wonderful conversation starter

A friend told me about this little book that had surprising insights. I was curious and just had to check it out. Everyone that I have shared it with has absolutely loved it. Each exercise is just a paragraph or a few sentences. It describes a scenario and asks you to choose an option or visualize a scene. Your responses are the key to your personality traits. I have even used this book with a group of very bored teenagers in a classroom setting, and they loved it! The discussions were insightful and often hilarious. Some of the scenarios deal with adult topics, so I would advise one to edit it according to the audience. Enjoy!