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Cant your type change over time?
can't experiences make you a different Myers Briggs status?
can't experiences make you a different Myers Briggs status?
People definitely change,--I don't know how anyone could argue that :tongue:-- but your type won't change.but what happens when people change personality through experience, like people who are predominatedly sad becoming positive outlookers, or people who where shy at school becoming the life of the party in later years, is it more of a show they are putting on, and really they are same person they have always been?
I remember i went through a quite loud stage in school, and quite sociable stage in university, but inside I was very insecure, and it wasn't really me, I hated it, it was just what I thought from a should have behaved like to be or look successful.
but I guess thats not really a transformation, really.
but really that would suggest that no one really changes? we have one personality and we just live our whole lives like that?
Right, well I might as well have worded what I said that it is simply not possible to verify it empirically, which is why I have a hard time understanding how one can be sure either way. And as we both seem to agree that it doesn't matter whether other of the cognitive functions are used more frequently than the dominant and auxiliary, I lean toward the assertion that the primary personality instincts remain the same and reassert their dominance in key situations.I don't even think that cognitive function tests are accurate. Independent study is best. And MBTI/typology is not based on empirical evidence. It's theoretical.
The different types work in certain ways and their minds view/approach things in certain ways. For instance, I don't think it's possible for me to change to an INTP because having Ne as a dominant function is not just about 'using it more than I do Ti'. Its place in my cognitive function order describes how it effects my outlook on life which is very different than that of an INTP. I don't think it'll ever change either. I don't really know how to explain this better. I'm not very good with words...
Beyond generalize personality traits for types, the cognitive functions and their place in your function order determine how you view things. And you can try to change your type, but that basic part of you may always be there.
That's a Te-ish way of looking at it. I'm just pointing that out teehee.Right, well I might as well have worded what I said that it is simply not possible to verify it empirically, which is why I have a hard time understanding how one can be sure either way.
I don't believe that you can, theoretically, use any of the functions more...just differently. I'm not sure how dom-Fi-ers look at things. But it could manifest itself differently in different situations. And Ne>Si>Te definitely play a part, I think.And as we both seem to agree that it doesn't matter whether other of the cognitive functions are used more frequently than the dominant and auxiliary, I lean toward the assertion that the primary personality instincts remain the same and reassert their dominance in key situations.
As Lara said, the cognitive function tests are not as reliable as the standard MBTI test. If you identify with the INFP and you identify with Fi as your dominant function, you shouldn't let a cognitive function test confuse youA question then, I identify far more with the Infp archetype then f.ex Infj/Enjf. Still i do test as those when it comes to cognitive functions (sorry, cannot link yet :crying, am i truly a Infp, to whom i feel a connection of sorts, or am i one of the others, who seem alien to me?
I certaintly haven't had a merry childhood, or prosperous young adulthood, but really, that much?
Well I can see how it wouldn't make sense for an INFP to use their Ne more than their Fi, because they serve different purposes, and it comes down to which has the ultimate dominance. But what about Ni or Ne? Theoretically, couldn't a person who's Ne is used more frequently as their form of information assimilation over time develop more Ni so that information is more frequently done through Ni? For such to happen it would be like saying, "I used to look at things and see a whole host of possibilities to consider and choose from, but over time I've noticed that instead, I find that the input from a situation tends to narrow down into one strong gut instinct and comprehension." Is that not feasible? For myself, I still use Ne more, but over the past 5 years, my Ni has increased dramatically to where it seems to be used almost as frequently. What if it became more frequent, what would that mean?That's a Te-ish way of looking at it. I'm just pointing that out teehee.
I don't believe that you can, theoretically, use any of the functions more...just differently. I'm not sure how dom-Fi-ers look at things. But it could manifest itself differently in different situations. And Ne>Si>Te definitely play a part, I think.
In the very basic, the cognitive functions will manifest themselves in different types in different ways.I think what is being said here is that the position of the function is supposed to determine how it interacts with all the others around it...not how strong it is...so numbering 1._2._3._4._ in terms of strength is misleading. From what I understand, just #1 is reliably the strongest throughout life.
It's more likely that it'd be a conscious process in a person's mind than Ni. I don't understand Ni completely, but I don't think that's necessarily indicative of Ni from my basic understanding.But what about Ni or Ne? Theoretically, couldn't a person who's Ne is used more frequently as their form of information assimilation over time develop more Ni so that information is more frequently done through Ni? For such to happen it would be like saying, "I used to look at things and see a whole host of possibilities to consider and choose from, but over time I've noticed that instead, I find that the input from a situation tends to narrow down into one strong gut instinct and comprehension." Is that not feasible? For myself, I still use Ne more, but over the past 5 years, my Ni has increased dramatically to where it seems to be used almost as frequently. What if it became more frequent, what would that mean?