MBTI does a great job in presenting character traits and descriptions, as well as describing thinking styles through cognitive functions. However, it also leaves many unanswered questions, such as the variations that exist among members with the same MBTI personality. This thread serves to fill-in those gaps, with additional personality and character trait systems.
A major reason for the variation is differences in political personality traits. These are outlined and detailed as follows:
Communists - Prefer socializing with a wide variety of people; Seek to understand others on a personal or intimate level; View problems as learning experiences and hurdles to overcome
Nationalists - Prefer working with people who have more authority or talent; Have a clear line between what is personal and what is business; View problems as tests of personal character or ability
National Socialists:
Desire: Power and control
Values: Family, culture or tradition, and groupthink
Engagement style: Direct and good-at-politics
Lifestyle pace: Slow and relaxed
Justice style: Mob rule
Vices: Stalking, kidnapping, bondage or rape, torture
National Capitalists:
Desire: Wealth and money
Values: High life; individuality, finding the self, a niche, or establishing a monopoly; self-expression
Engagement style: Manipulative and focused
Lifestyle pace: Fast and on-the-go
Justice style: laissez faire, non-interference by authority
Vices: Bribery, assassination or murder, fraud, cheating or stealing
Communists:
Desire: Truth and knowledge
Values: Insight and understanding
Engagement style: Unassuming and having no pretensions or ostentation
Lifestyle pace: Steady
Justice style: Law and fairness
Vices: Voicing potentially unpopular opinions, being undemanding and eager to please both sides
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Additional divisions, and further specifying the Communist division:
Capital Socialists:
Focus: Highly specialized skills, such as achieving new heights in competitive sports (becoming a famous athlete), the arts (becoming a famous singer), science and engineering (developing new technology or getting a Ph.D in the field of interest)
Weakness: Might belittle others without intending to sound mean
Social Capitalists:
Focus: High Culture (being involved in the business with Chinese calligraphy, or selling artistic teapots like those used in Japanese tea ceremony, providing high-end decoration or luxury home design)
Weakness: Might have higher expectations of people, and become impatient when those expectations do not match reality
Social Communists:
Focus: Societal potential (how to encourage greater understanding among different segments of society, foster greater cooperation and dialogue)
Weakness: Might not fully or completely express personal opinions; focus too much on others' opinions
Capital Communists:
Focus: Human potential (how to make people's lives more fulfilling, easier and happier)
Weakness: Might have high-expectations of self that causes depression or self-harm
Neutral Communists:
Focus: Children (developing and teaching children skills in the arts, like singing, playing musical instruments, or helping them with math, engineering and science; exploring ways to improve children's health)
Weakness: Might have little interest in, or lack understanding of peers and adults
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Further specifying the Neutral Communist division:
Social Neutral Communist:
Focus: Finding and simplifying truth to a level that even children can understand
Weakness: Might absentmindedly pursue a goal that friendships and relationships are neglected
Capital Neutral Communist:
Focus: Capitalizing on an idea and realizing it to its full potential
Weakness: Might be dismissive of people's feelings, or become harshly critical
An example of a Social Neutral Communist is Albert Einstein, while Bill Gates is an example of a Capital Neutral Communist
The total number of political personality traits is eight, and alternative, less politically loaded titles might be used:
National Socialist - Whig
National Capitalist - Tory
Capital Socialist - Republican
Social Capitalist - Democrat
Social Communist - Progressive
Capital Communist - Libertarian
Social Neutral Communist - Labor
Capital Neutral Communist - Conservative
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Four Temperaments or Representation styles:
Visual people - "Sanguine", fast movements, appear active and enthusiastic
Auditory people - "Melancholic", medium-speed movements, appear analytical or quiet
Olfactory people - "Phlegmatic", slow movements, appear peaceful and relaxed
"Choleric" people - short-tempered, irritable (these people often have nails with short roots)
Learning styles:
Visual learning - learns better through reading, charts or graphs
Auditory/discussion learning - learns better through listening to a lecture, and discussing the topic
Hands-on/writing/kinesthetic - learns better through hands-on experience, practice, and writing notes
Love Languages (might have a relation to temperaments):
Affirmation (common to all people, though especially appreciated by people with the auditory temperament, or auditory learners) - desire to be praised; can appear very sociable
Physical intimacy (more likely in people with the visual temperament) - desire to touch and be touched; can appear and sound innocent and playful
Service (more likely in people with the auditory temperament) - desire to do things for others; can appear very dependable
Quality time (more likely in people with the olfactory temperament) - desire to spend meaningful time in quality settings; can appear thoughtful and quiet
Gifting (common to all people) - desire to make others happy through gifts; can appear very caring
Multiple intelligence (might be related to different temperaments and learning style combinations):
Musical-rhythmic (visual or olfactory temperament, auditory learner) - sensitivity to sounds, rhythms, tones, and music
Visual-spatial (visual temperament, hands-on learner) - spatial judgment and the ability to visualize with the mind's eye
Verbal-linguistic (olfactory temperament, auditory learner) - good at reading, writing, telling stories and memorizing words along with dates
Logical-mathematical (auditory temperament, visual learner) - logic, abstractions, reasoning, numbers and critical thinking
Bodily-kinesthetic (visual temperament, hands-on learner) - control of bodily motions and handle objects skillfully
Interpersonal (Fe-Ti cognitive functions) - sensitivity to others' moods, feelings, temperaments, motivations; ability to cooperate on a team
Intrapersonal (Fi-Te cognitive functions) - deep understanding of the self; what one's strengths or weaknesses are, what makes one unique, being able to predict one's own reactions or emotions
Naturalistic (a child's upbringing, might also be part of political traits) - recognize flora and fauna; classifying animal and plant species, rocks and mountain types
The three quotients can also be meaningful, though they are useful only when a person scores well below the average: (IQ, EQ, and motivational quotient [related to spiritual intelligence])
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Romantic compatibility in the case of political character traits follows the phrase "birds of a feather flock together". Besides people of the same political personality being attracted to each other, they are also more likely to associate with people who are like themselves. These compatibility are to be considered in addition to MBTI, and other factors like temperaments and learning styles:
Besides matching with themselves, National Socialists can also be matched with Capital Socialists and Neutral Communists
National Capitalists can also be matched with Social Capitalists and Neutral Communists
Capital Socialists - National Socialists, Social Communists
Social Capitalists - National Capitalists, Capital Communists
Social Communists - Capital Communists, Capital Socialists
Capital Communists - Social Communists, Social Capitalists
Social Neutral Communists - National Socialists, Capital Neutral Communists
Capital Neutral Communists - National Capitalists, Social Neutral Communists
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Tips to tell what temperaments and thinking styles people have
The temperaments can be readily observed in people, especially when first identifying their MBTI types. For simple identification, people with the visual temperament often scan their environment when talking or walking, having their eyes frequently looking upwards when thinking (this might make them appear more enthusiastic, fast or active). People with the auditory temperament often look sideways to their ears, and either look ahead or down when walking, as if they are listening or thinking (makes them appear analytical or "good listeners"). Those with the olfactory temperament will walk and appear peaceful and relaxed. Finally, people with the "choleric" or irritable temperament will appear like there is a stick up their spine and walk rather stiffly, while talking tends to be in bursts.
People rarely have the same temperament and learning style. For example, a person with visual temperament might have either auditory learning style or hands-on learning style, while someone with olfactory temperament might have either visual or auditory learning style. This is theoretical, though intuitive people might more easily acquire a secondary learning style than sensing people.
For a simple visual identification, people with the visual learning style often have an intense gaze, or that their eyes widen upon seeing or hearing something. People with the auditory learning style might appear more social, talkative or ready to listen. Those with the hands-on learning style will appear like they don't talk much, or are often thinking about something.
Temperaments and learning styles with ties to Multiple Intelligence
Multiple intelligence might be an outgrowth of various temperaments and learning style combinations. The different temperaments explains how people feed information into their subconscious memory, while learning style shows how people gain information with working memory. For example, a person with visual temperament would be using their eyes to absorb information that is then input into their subconscious, so it appears natural when they produce something visually pleasing, without being able to fully explain how they did it. On the other hand, the visual learner would visually obtain information using working memory, which then relates how the information could be used under different settings and in various contexts.
In terms of multiple intelligence, a person with auditory temperament and hands-on learning style might be attracted to writing stories about what they've heard (showing higher verbal-linguistic intelligence), while a person with visual temperament and auditory learning style might write screenplays instead of in article format (They might otherwise excel at singing or music [musical-rhythmic intelligence]). Visual temperament and hands-on learning style people might be attracted to dancing (bodily-kinesthetic intelligence). Or, a person with visual temperament and hands-on learning style might be attracted to photography or filming (visual-spatial intelligence). Similarly, a person with auditory temperament and visual learning style might be attracted to math and science (logical-mathematical intelligence). Interpersonal intelligence might be related to Fe-Ti, while intrapersonal intelligence has more to do with Fi-Te. Naturalistic intelligence might be more related to a child's upbringing, his introduction to animals and appreciation for being in the wild.
Different temperaments and learning style combinations produce people with different interests, thus making them excel in some areas while being average in others. This does not mean that they are not suited to certain tasks, because practice often makes the difference, though it means people might be natural or gifted in one area, while not so in another.
Temperaments and Learning Styles with possible Career Paths or Hobbies
Please note that people rarely have the same temperament and learning style. For example, a person with olfactory temperament will often have either visual learning style or auditory learning style. Also, people with the choleric temperament are relatively rare, and they are usually of the visual learning style. The list will mainly focus on people with a temperament and learning styles that do not match each other, and this covers at least 80% of the population.
Visual temperament, auditory learning style - Writing screenplays or plays, singing or music, acting
Visual temperament, hands-on learning style - Drawing or painting, dancing or martial arts, filming or photography, user-interface designer
Auditory temperament, visual learning style - Science or math, researcher, computer programmer, engineering
Auditory temperament, hands-on learning style - Journalist, author, reporter, writer, musician, investor
Olfactory temperament, visual learning style - Business, trader, scientist
Olfactory temperament, auditory learning style - Counselor, interviewer, music, teacher
"Choleric" temperament, visual learning style - Mechanics, engineering
Temperaments and Learning Styles with relation to Finding Romance or Friendship
Besides temperaments and learning styles, other factors include MBTI and political personality, which also decide whether people are attracted to each other. For the temperaments and learning styles, it goes by "birds of a feather fly together" and "cover weaknesses with the strength of others"
People of the same temperament are more likely to associate with each other. Often, people of the same temperament will be closer to another of the same temperament, but different learning style. For example, a person with visual temperament and auditory learning style might become best friend with someone of the visual temperament, and hands-on learning style.
Temperaments and ties to Speciation
Different species of animals also show preferences for different temperaments. For example, birds and monkeys might be of the visual temperament, where they fly or jump between branches, and use quick judgement to calculate distance to objects. Hyenas and wolves might be of visual temperament, where they learn to separate the older and weaker animals from the herd. On the other hand, wild cats, tigers and leopards are of auditory temperament, where they use their hearing to detect possible prey while ambushing. Snakes and many herbivores like deer and horses are of the olfactory temperament, where they use taste to find prey or the sweetest grass. Porcupines and hedgehogs, anteaters, wild boars, wild buffaloes and those with long claws, might be of the "choleric" or irritable temperament, where they aggressively defend themselves when attacked.
Please share your thoughts and opinions. Thank you for reading
A major reason for the variation is differences in political personality traits. These are outlined and detailed as follows:
Communists - Prefer socializing with a wide variety of people; Seek to understand others on a personal or intimate level; View problems as learning experiences and hurdles to overcome
Nationalists - Prefer working with people who have more authority or talent; Have a clear line between what is personal and what is business; View problems as tests of personal character or ability
National Socialists:
Desire: Power and control
Values: Family, culture or tradition, and groupthink
Engagement style: Direct and good-at-politics
Lifestyle pace: Slow and relaxed
Justice style: Mob rule
Vices: Stalking, kidnapping, bondage or rape, torture
National Capitalists:
Desire: Wealth and money
Values: High life; individuality, finding the self, a niche, or establishing a monopoly; self-expression
Engagement style: Manipulative and focused
Lifestyle pace: Fast and on-the-go
Justice style: laissez faire, non-interference by authority
Vices: Bribery, assassination or murder, fraud, cheating or stealing
Communists:
Desire: Truth and knowledge
Values: Insight and understanding
Engagement style: Unassuming and having no pretensions or ostentation
Lifestyle pace: Steady
Justice style: Law and fairness
Vices: Voicing potentially unpopular opinions, being undemanding and eager to please both sides
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Additional divisions, and further specifying the Communist division:
Capital Socialists:
Focus: Highly specialized skills, such as achieving new heights in competitive sports (becoming a famous athlete), the arts (becoming a famous singer), science and engineering (developing new technology or getting a Ph.D in the field of interest)
Weakness: Might belittle others without intending to sound mean
Social Capitalists:
Focus: High Culture (being involved in the business with Chinese calligraphy, or selling artistic teapots like those used in Japanese tea ceremony, providing high-end decoration or luxury home design)
Weakness: Might have higher expectations of people, and become impatient when those expectations do not match reality
Social Communists:
Focus: Societal potential (how to encourage greater understanding among different segments of society, foster greater cooperation and dialogue)
Weakness: Might not fully or completely express personal opinions; focus too much on others' opinions
Capital Communists:
Focus: Human potential (how to make people's lives more fulfilling, easier and happier)
Weakness: Might have high-expectations of self that causes depression or self-harm
Neutral Communists:
Focus: Children (developing and teaching children skills in the arts, like singing, playing musical instruments, or helping them with math, engineering and science; exploring ways to improve children's health)
Weakness: Might have little interest in, or lack understanding of peers and adults
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Further specifying the Neutral Communist division:
Social Neutral Communist:
Focus: Finding and simplifying truth to a level that even children can understand
Weakness: Might absentmindedly pursue a goal that friendships and relationships are neglected
Capital Neutral Communist:
Focus: Capitalizing on an idea and realizing it to its full potential
Weakness: Might be dismissive of people's feelings, or become harshly critical
An example of a Social Neutral Communist is Albert Einstein, while Bill Gates is an example of a Capital Neutral Communist
The total number of political personality traits is eight, and alternative, less politically loaded titles might be used:
National Socialist - Whig
National Capitalist - Tory
Capital Socialist - Republican
Social Capitalist - Democrat
Social Communist - Progressive
Capital Communist - Libertarian
Social Neutral Communist - Labor
Capital Neutral Communist - Conservative
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Four Temperaments or Representation styles:
Visual people - "Sanguine", fast movements, appear active and enthusiastic
Auditory people - "Melancholic", medium-speed movements, appear analytical or quiet
Olfactory people - "Phlegmatic", slow movements, appear peaceful and relaxed
"Choleric" people - short-tempered, irritable (these people often have nails with short roots)
Learning styles:
Visual learning - learns better through reading, charts or graphs
Auditory/discussion learning - learns better through listening to a lecture, and discussing the topic
Hands-on/writing/kinesthetic - learns better through hands-on experience, practice, and writing notes
Love Languages (might have a relation to temperaments):
Affirmation (common to all people, though especially appreciated by people with the auditory temperament, or auditory learners) - desire to be praised; can appear very sociable
Physical intimacy (more likely in people with the visual temperament) - desire to touch and be touched; can appear and sound innocent and playful
Service (more likely in people with the auditory temperament) - desire to do things for others; can appear very dependable
Quality time (more likely in people with the olfactory temperament) - desire to spend meaningful time in quality settings; can appear thoughtful and quiet
Gifting (common to all people) - desire to make others happy through gifts; can appear very caring
Multiple intelligence (might be related to different temperaments and learning style combinations):
Musical-rhythmic (visual or olfactory temperament, auditory learner) - sensitivity to sounds, rhythms, tones, and music
Visual-spatial (visual temperament, hands-on learner) - spatial judgment and the ability to visualize with the mind's eye
Verbal-linguistic (olfactory temperament, auditory learner) - good at reading, writing, telling stories and memorizing words along with dates
Logical-mathematical (auditory temperament, visual learner) - logic, abstractions, reasoning, numbers and critical thinking
Bodily-kinesthetic (visual temperament, hands-on learner) - control of bodily motions and handle objects skillfully
Interpersonal (Fe-Ti cognitive functions) - sensitivity to others' moods, feelings, temperaments, motivations; ability to cooperate on a team
Intrapersonal (Fi-Te cognitive functions) - deep understanding of the self; what one's strengths or weaknesses are, what makes one unique, being able to predict one's own reactions or emotions
Naturalistic (a child's upbringing, might also be part of political traits) - recognize flora and fauna; classifying animal and plant species, rocks and mountain types
The three quotients can also be meaningful, though they are useful only when a person scores well below the average: (IQ, EQ, and motivational quotient [related to spiritual intelligence])
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Romantic compatibility in the case of political character traits follows the phrase "birds of a feather flock together". Besides people of the same political personality being attracted to each other, they are also more likely to associate with people who are like themselves. These compatibility are to be considered in addition to MBTI, and other factors like temperaments and learning styles:
Besides matching with themselves, National Socialists can also be matched with Capital Socialists and Neutral Communists
National Capitalists can also be matched with Social Capitalists and Neutral Communists
Capital Socialists - National Socialists, Social Communists
Social Capitalists - National Capitalists, Capital Communists
Social Communists - Capital Communists, Capital Socialists
Capital Communists - Social Communists, Social Capitalists
Social Neutral Communists - National Socialists, Capital Neutral Communists
Capital Neutral Communists - National Capitalists, Social Neutral Communists
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Tips to tell what temperaments and thinking styles people have
The temperaments can be readily observed in people, especially when first identifying their MBTI types. For simple identification, people with the visual temperament often scan their environment when talking or walking, having their eyes frequently looking upwards when thinking (this might make them appear more enthusiastic, fast or active). People with the auditory temperament often look sideways to their ears, and either look ahead or down when walking, as if they are listening or thinking (makes them appear analytical or "good listeners"). Those with the olfactory temperament will walk and appear peaceful and relaxed. Finally, people with the "choleric" or irritable temperament will appear like there is a stick up their spine and walk rather stiffly, while talking tends to be in bursts.
People rarely have the same temperament and learning style. For example, a person with visual temperament might have either auditory learning style or hands-on learning style, while someone with olfactory temperament might have either visual or auditory learning style. This is theoretical, though intuitive people might more easily acquire a secondary learning style than sensing people.
For a simple visual identification, people with the visual learning style often have an intense gaze, or that their eyes widen upon seeing or hearing something. People with the auditory learning style might appear more social, talkative or ready to listen. Those with the hands-on learning style will appear like they don't talk much, or are often thinking about something.
Temperaments and learning styles with ties to Multiple Intelligence
Multiple intelligence might be an outgrowth of various temperaments and learning style combinations. The different temperaments explains how people feed information into their subconscious memory, while learning style shows how people gain information with working memory. For example, a person with visual temperament would be using their eyes to absorb information that is then input into their subconscious, so it appears natural when they produce something visually pleasing, without being able to fully explain how they did it. On the other hand, the visual learner would visually obtain information using working memory, which then relates how the information could be used under different settings and in various contexts.
In terms of multiple intelligence, a person with auditory temperament and hands-on learning style might be attracted to writing stories about what they've heard (showing higher verbal-linguistic intelligence), while a person with visual temperament and auditory learning style might write screenplays instead of in article format (They might otherwise excel at singing or music [musical-rhythmic intelligence]). Visual temperament and hands-on learning style people might be attracted to dancing (bodily-kinesthetic intelligence). Or, a person with visual temperament and hands-on learning style might be attracted to photography or filming (visual-spatial intelligence). Similarly, a person with auditory temperament and visual learning style might be attracted to math and science (logical-mathematical intelligence). Interpersonal intelligence might be related to Fe-Ti, while intrapersonal intelligence has more to do with Fi-Te. Naturalistic intelligence might be more related to a child's upbringing, his introduction to animals and appreciation for being in the wild.
Different temperaments and learning style combinations produce people with different interests, thus making them excel in some areas while being average in others. This does not mean that they are not suited to certain tasks, because practice often makes the difference, though it means people might be natural or gifted in one area, while not so in another.
Temperaments and Learning Styles with possible Career Paths or Hobbies
Please note that people rarely have the same temperament and learning style. For example, a person with olfactory temperament will often have either visual learning style or auditory learning style. Also, people with the choleric temperament are relatively rare, and they are usually of the visual learning style. The list will mainly focus on people with a temperament and learning styles that do not match each other, and this covers at least 80% of the population.
Visual temperament, auditory learning style - Writing screenplays or plays, singing or music, acting
Visual temperament, hands-on learning style - Drawing or painting, dancing or martial arts, filming or photography, user-interface designer
Auditory temperament, visual learning style - Science or math, researcher, computer programmer, engineering
Auditory temperament, hands-on learning style - Journalist, author, reporter, writer, musician, investor
Olfactory temperament, visual learning style - Business, trader, scientist
Olfactory temperament, auditory learning style - Counselor, interviewer, music, teacher
"Choleric" temperament, visual learning style - Mechanics, engineering
Temperaments and Learning Styles with relation to Finding Romance or Friendship
Besides temperaments and learning styles, other factors include MBTI and political personality, which also decide whether people are attracted to each other. For the temperaments and learning styles, it goes by "birds of a feather fly together" and "cover weaknesses with the strength of others"
People of the same temperament are more likely to associate with each other. Often, people of the same temperament will be closer to another of the same temperament, but different learning style. For example, a person with visual temperament and auditory learning style might become best friend with someone of the visual temperament, and hands-on learning style.
Temperaments and ties to Speciation
Different species of animals also show preferences for different temperaments. For example, birds and monkeys might be of the visual temperament, where they fly or jump between branches, and use quick judgement to calculate distance to objects. Hyenas and wolves might be of visual temperament, where they learn to separate the older and weaker animals from the herd. On the other hand, wild cats, tigers and leopards are of auditory temperament, where they use their hearing to detect possible prey while ambushing. Snakes and many herbivores like deer and horses are of the olfactory temperament, where they use taste to find prey or the sweetest grass. Porcupines and hedgehogs, anteaters, wild boars, wild buffaloes and those with long claws, might be of the "choleric" or irritable temperament, where they aggressively defend themselves when attacked.
Please share your thoughts and opinions. Thank you for reading
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