[Magdalen] What Each Myers-Briggs Type Does In A Rut (The Rise Of The Inferior Function) | Thought Catalog

[Sally Davies]

No Jon - I think we're talkiing about much the same thing. I'm a
Rorschacher and with that test the Introvert/Extravert scores are also
about how information is processed. I suppose both introverts and
extroverts engage with others, but to different extents and probably in
qualitatively different ways too.

But if you think about the modern workplace, it does tend to encourage and
even enforce the "talking with the others to problem solve" approach at the
expense of the "walk in the woods" approach.

>From a social/external POV, the group problem solver might look more of a
people person and the retreat-thinker less of a people person, which would
in many cases be a wrong conclusion. Keith for instance probably "likes"
people much more than I typically do!

But I've heard it said that "introverts" are in the minority in most groups
so they need all the support they can get.

Just a question of perspective.

Sally D



On Wednesday, July 15, 2015, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> Agreeing with Eleanor, I have a question for Sally.  This is part of your
> response to this interesting tool:
>
> "For example, the idea of "introversion" (not unique to MBTI) is of
> tremendous help to people who prefer a quieter, less socially engaged way
> of life and work, in a culture that tends to value (and promote) the
> opposite."
>
> This leaves me a tad confused.  I was taught that within the MBPI, the I/E
> are not about how we relate to others, rather I/E are about how we
> *process*
> information.  To me, this is critical.  For example, if Dawn and I were in
> a group of 5 people working on something and our group came up with three
> ideas, Dawn would talk with the others to problem solve, but I am the one
> who would leave and take a walk in the woods to ponder things.
>
> Or I have missed something completely.
>
> Grace and peace,
> jon
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > wrote:
>
> > No.   Possible insights into oneself or  the other can be interesting.
> At
> > a trivial, even humorous, level perhaps as you say, but not really
> > seriously to the thinking person.  And knowledge is power, as in knowing
> > what makes oneself or the other tick.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim
> >
> >
> > On 7/15/2015 10:18 AM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> >
> >> Is looking for quantification of one' own behavior a way of
> rationalizing
> >> away certain outré personal habits?
> >>
> >> "I'm an ABCD and she's a WXYZ and that explains everything." I suspect
> >> all this is an intellectual version of "What sign are you?" "Oh, I could
> >> never get along with a Gemini because I;m a Capricorn. Good Bye!"
> >>
> >> But it's the age we live in, I suppose.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jim
> >> .
> >>
> >>
> >
>