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If there's a function more likely than others to engage in a certain pathology known as the Fundamental Attribution error, that type would have to be Introverted Sensing.
Fundamental attribution error - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In social psychology, the fundamental attribution error, also known as the correspondence bias or attribution effect, is the tendency for people to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics of the agent (character or intention), rather than external factors, in explaining another person's behavior in a given situation. This contrasts with interpreting one's own behavior, where situational factors are more easily recognized and can be taken into account."
For example, the Si dominant will claim that his or her problems had their origin in some childhood trauma (an external factor); whereas your problems, whatever they are, are your fault, and there is no excuse for it.
Naturally the Si dominant, being past experience oriented, will symbolize an internal source such as a memory. But then they don't have access to your childhood memories, so all they can do is blame you while, for themselves, there is no personal responsibility taken for any character flaw. Usually this blaming takes the form of projection; their character flaws become your character flaws, or the fear of having a perceived flaw. And your very existence is translated into a symbol of whatever they fear or hate within themselves.
This contrasts greatly with the Si's desire and self-confident capacity to take on new responsibilities in the world around them. But it helps them obscure the fact that there is a blind spot in their self-awareness involving how to extirpate whatever character flaw still needs to be worked out. In this way, the Si dominant puts on a great show of taking on challenges, responsibilities, and the like in the external world, but never gets down to working on any internal challenges, because symbols from the past (or present) serve as an excuse not to work on oneself. They are placed 'high up on a pedestal' so that the Si dominant can't see beyond the symbols of the past and into the present moment without interpreting the present in terms of the past, as a Ti dominant judges everything in terms of how well it coheres with a strict yet static system of logic. As the past can't be changed, the symbols are static and inert, unchangeable and inflexible.
Labeling individuals or groups of people is a very common social tactic with this type. Just as the Si dominant can't grow in character because of the static nature of the symbols, they don't let other people grow beyond the labels they have been "blessed" with. If aggressive, this type will force the external world to conform to the static and immutable internal nature. If not, then there will be passive-aggressive attempts, depending on how much the Si dominant fears the judgments of others. If the Si function falls in the tertiary position, then attempts to gain conformity to the static rules will be through indirect methods such as manipulation.
Fundamental attribution error - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In social psychology, the fundamental attribution error, also known as the correspondence bias or attribution effect, is the tendency for people to place an undue emphasis on internal characteristics of the agent (character or intention), rather than external factors, in explaining another person's behavior in a given situation. This contrasts with interpreting one's own behavior, where situational factors are more easily recognized and can be taken into account."
For example, the Si dominant will claim that his or her problems had their origin in some childhood trauma (an external factor); whereas your problems, whatever they are, are your fault, and there is no excuse for it.
Naturally the Si dominant, being past experience oriented, will symbolize an internal source such as a memory. But then they don't have access to your childhood memories, so all they can do is blame you while, for themselves, there is no personal responsibility taken for any character flaw. Usually this blaming takes the form of projection; their character flaws become your character flaws, or the fear of having a perceived flaw. And your very existence is translated into a symbol of whatever they fear or hate within themselves.
This contrasts greatly with the Si's desire and self-confident capacity to take on new responsibilities in the world around them. But it helps them obscure the fact that there is a blind spot in their self-awareness involving how to extirpate whatever character flaw still needs to be worked out. In this way, the Si dominant puts on a great show of taking on challenges, responsibilities, and the like in the external world, but never gets down to working on any internal challenges, because symbols from the past (or present) serve as an excuse not to work on oneself. They are placed 'high up on a pedestal' so that the Si dominant can't see beyond the symbols of the past and into the present moment without interpreting the present in terms of the past, as a Ti dominant judges everything in terms of how well it coheres with a strict yet static system of logic. As the past can't be changed, the symbols are static and inert, unchangeable and inflexible.
Labeling individuals or groups of people is a very common social tactic with this type. Just as the Si dominant can't grow in character because of the static nature of the symbols, they don't let other people grow beyond the labels they have been "blessed" with. If aggressive, this type will force the external world to conform to the static and immutable internal nature. If not, then there will be passive-aggressive attempts, depending on how much the Si dominant fears the judgments of others. If the Si function falls in the tertiary position, then attempts to gain conformity to the static rules will be through indirect methods such as manipulation.