All of this sort of goes out the window when you pivot to assuming that the types aren't a completely accurate breakdown of the human population and that even if they were, the tests administered aren't accurate enough to categorize everyone perfectly.
Consider also that most tests have a range of the preferences shown from 50%-100%. This always seems to get discounted in converstions about them.
After those 3 factors you're talking about basically a rough outline of someone. A kind of general category of person with dynamic but likely arbitrary delineations around the functions.
I always test as an INTJ. My ex was an ENFP. I came on here because now I'm talking to another woman who is an ENFP...
I think for me the takeway is that I have many traits that broadly fit into the INTJ personailty type, but maybe also INTP, INFJ, or INFP. So, this is kind of like a rough sketch of a person who is clearly introverted, probably intuitive. Approachs everything with thoughts (god knows therapy has shown that to be true). Love finance. Love dynamic systems with rules. Good at talking about art bad at making it...I tend to overthink it and judge it during the process...Ha.
Ultimatley it seems to me that this kind of autopsying of the personality types frequency is probably doomed. They are just insightful enough to help people understand themselves, but nothing that you can go over with a fine tooth comb, and get hung up on why so many INTJ's seem to pop up. --On that note, it is ridiculous how many people say they are INTJ. I'm not sure why this is the case but anecdotally it seems like this is honestly the most common Myers Briggs I see and certainly the most common one I see people put into profiles...I think a lot of introverted types of people value the things the INTJ type is heralded as being so, ya, they bias it towards INTJ. But, is it wrong? Only if you really think people fit into these categories. I've thrown my 2 cents in on that...
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All of this sort of goes out the window when you pivot to assuming that the types aren't a completely accurate breakdown of the human population and that even if they were, the tests administered aren't accurate enough to categorize everyone perfectly.
Consider also that most tests have a range of the preferences shown from 50%-100%. This always seems to get discounted in converstions about them.
After those 3 factors you're talking about basically a rough outline of someone. A kind of general category of person with dynamic but likely arbitrary delineations around the functions.
I always test as an INTJ. My ex was an ENFP. I came on here because now I'm talking to another woman who is an ENFP...
I think for me the takeway is that I have many traits that broadly fit into the INTJ personailty type, but maybe also INTP, INFJ, or INFP. So, this is kind of like a rough sketch of a person who is clearly introverted, probably intuitive. Approachs everything with thoughts (god knows therapy has shown that to be true). Love finance. Love dynamic systems with rules. Good at talking about art bad at making it...I tend to overthink it and judge it during the process...Ha.
Ultimatley it seems to me that this kind of autopsying of the personality types frequency is probably doomed. They are just insightful enough to help people understand themselves, but nothing that you can go over with a fine tooth comb, and get hung up on why so many INTJ's seem to pop up. --On that note, it is ridiculous how many people say they are INTJ. I'm not sure why this is the case but anecdotally it seems like this is honestly the most common Myers Briggs I see and certainly the most common one I see people put into profiles...I think a lot of introverted types of people value the things the INTJ type is heralded as being so, ya, they bias it towards INTJ. But, is it wrong? Only if you really think people fit into these categories. I've thrown my 2 cents in on that...