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Originally Posted by alicia91
According to Tieger & Barron, the breakdown of the types is:
SJ- 46%
SP- 27%
NF- 16%
NT- 10%
Seems about right, but how come I can't meet more SPs? Where are they? Do all SPs become SJs when they mature? (just kidding but.........)
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Actually statistics are broken down by simple dichotomies, which make no sense since when you say introvert or extravert you are adding are merely breaking down cognitive functions by their attitudes. If Ni is supposedly the rarest type and Si the most plentiful, how does one discern them by merely using E/I? As I stated in a
thread started recently, Jung concluded that cognitive functions are disseminated equally.
Myers-Briggs even admitted that cognitive functions may not be genetic for some, but a product of their environment in saying,
"Western civilization has inclined men toward thinking, women toward feeling, and both sexes toward extraversion and the judging attitude. The pressure of outer circumstances itself would seem to be toward sensing. Thus, anyone who came into the world as a clean slate would be likely to be marked ESTJ or ESFJ fairly promptly by the collective slate pencil, which may explain why there are so many ESTJs and ESFJs in the general population."
Back to your inquiry Alicia, I think that in comparison to when I initially started posing on the Yahoo Groups and type forums years ago, there are quite a few that are now admitting that they