To copy Jennifer, I'll estimate what mine would be:
EXTROVERSION/INTROVERSION
Initiating ........ Receiving 8
1 Expressive ..... Contained
2 Gregarious ..... Intimate
Active ........... Reflective 7
Enthusiastic ... Quiet 8
SENSING/INTUITION
Concrete ....... Abstract 8
Realistic ......... Imaginative 8
Practical ........ Conceptual 8
Experiential .... Theoretical 6
Traditional ...... Original 9
THINKING/FEELING
6 Logical ........... Empathetic
3 Reasonable ..... Compassionate
Questioning .... Accommodating 4
Critical ........... Accepting 6
Tough ............ Tender 9
JUDGING/PERCEIVING
2 Systematic ....... Casual
Planful ............. Open-ended 8
Early-starting ... Pressure-prompted 10
Scheduled ........ Spontaneous 7
Methodical ....... Emergent 5
I wonder about the T/F division because there are quite a few people like me that are conflicted about it. I wonder if it's a INXP issue too - as confusion around it seems to be common among us. And looking at the results [MENTION=10653]SuchIrony[/MENTION] [MENTION=7]Jennifer[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3521]Eric B[/MENTION] it makes me wonder. It would be interesting to compare what sort of patterns are forming. If there were more conflicted Fs it would be even better. [MENTION=6561]OrangeAppled[/MENTION]'s input would be good, but she's not around much these days.
I'm not sure how I'd gauge these qualities when pitting them against each other....
The easiest ones are E/I & J/P (if I put aside the contrivance & hyper-awareness of being a 4 & how that affects "P-ness"), and if I saw the questions I assume N/S would be easy to choose also. It's quite clear I'm IxxP. As usual, my reaction to the T/F is "why the false dichotomies?!" and "why is Feeling so Fe?!".
For example... Most situations which call for empathy don't call for dry logic. And certainly, in a situation where people are involved, empathy can help you get the whole picture so you can reason on a solution anyway. And situations which call for dry logic don't often call for empathy, so it's not like I often must choose between the two. I'm not sure why they are "pitted" against each other. Same with reasonable & compassionate - these are at odds?! To me, it's unreasonable to not be compassionate. My compassion is principled, not necessarily emotionally driven. Misplaced compassion is not a sign of being a "Feeler", IMO (I'd argue it's more likely a sign of being P-dom...).
There are many times in life where I am perceived as "tough" by others, when I feel I am acting on a moral principle, one which is very much a Feeling valuation. I may be tough or tender, critical or acceptable, depending on my feeling about a situation. In day to day life, I'm easy-going & accommodating mainly cuz it's easy and I don't care enough to rock the boat. This is not Feeling; I'm quite sure it's being Pe-aux & NOT having my Feeling stirred from hiding.
Ultimately, I do
prefer to be the Feeling options, because I "wear them" much better, whereas the Thinking options make me look ugly (which makes me think it's because I have inferior Te). The F qualities don't necessarily come more easily for me though, because those are outward behaviors, and my feeling is introverted. I think this is why S/N & J/P questions are much easier for me to answer; my Ne is visible in my behavior, whereas Fi may not be (more so "implied" by my obvious introversion).
I notice IxxPs have the hardest time with T/F, which seems odd since we're J-doms, but I think it's because T/F is often described in Te/Fe terms. Since those are our inferiors, we may have strong responses to those too, and we may see their effect in our minds, albeit often very negative since it's in inferior form. There have been times when inferior Te defined me as much as Fi, because I was in a sort of psychological stranglehold where I wouldn't let the Ne run free
. This had little to do with being "logical", but I certainly wasn't displaying F qualities; when I'm reasonable, then it's Fi with a proper outlet.
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Okay here's my stab at it:
EXTROVERSION/INTROVERSION
Initiating ........ Receiving 9
Expressive ..... Contained 8
Gregarious ..... Intimate 9
Active ........... Reflective 7
Enthusiastic ... Quiet 7
SENSING/INTUITION
Concrete ....... Abstract 6
Realistic ......... Imaginative 9
Practical ........ Conceptual 9
Experiential .... Theoretical 8
Traditional ...... Original 7
THINKING/FEELING
Logical ........... 1 Empathetic ??????
1 Reasonable ..... Compassionate ??????
Questioning .... 1 Accommodating ?????
Critical ........... Accepting 4
Tough ............ Tender 3
JUDGING/PERCEIVING
Systematic ....... Casual 7
Planful ............. Open-ended 4
Early-starting ... Pressure-prompted 6
Scheduled ........ Spontaneous 8
Methodical ....... Emergent 9