tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post3462726144185459446..comments2023-05-26T10:55:27.696-04:00Comments on Jc_Freak: Understanding Personality Typology: Introduction (part I)Jc_Freak:http://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-88173022171284167122008-10-27T16:18:00.000-04:002008-10-27T16:18:00.000-04:00I didn't say that individualism was the downfall o...I didn't say that individualism was the downfall of society. That's much more extreme that what I meant. All I meant was that America is to individualistic. Some degree of individualism is a good thing. Indeed, cultures where it is absent often are very oppressive. The positive end of it is the value of the human life, something which I think is very biblical.<BR/><BR/>However, within America, I believe we are too focused on it. Humans only properly function as members of a group. In America, though we dont reject that entirely, we don't seem to understand it either.Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-24517131536787750022008-10-27T15:03:00.000-04:002008-10-27T15:03:00.000-04:00I'm intrigued by your concept of individualism bei...I'm intrigued by your concept of individualism being the downfall of society, but then support that we are all in fact different and need to work together.<BR/><BR/>Because that's really what the individualistic movement is about - not saying that you don't need other people, or not to help others. But instead to realize that you are unique and don't feel the need to conform and be something you are not. And it is through our "specialness" that we can add to society. <BR/><BR/>I really don't know anyone who actually supports what you seem to be suggesting. That we can get all things merely within ourselves, and don't need to rely on others. <BR/><BR/>I do agree that many of our problems are by insisting that there is only one way to do things, but that goes to demanding society conform to one method of thinking - something that goes against individualism which promotes self-expression and independent thought.Anticipated Serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04811224510476832369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-21010575966840464992008-10-26T01:08:00.000-04:002008-10-26T01:08:00.000-04:00There is a great difference between the Jung succe...There is a great difference between the Jung successors, which are primarily Kiersy and Myers-Briggs, and what I would refer to has personality categories.<BR/><BR/>Personality categories, such as the 4 temperments, zodiacs personality, etc..., essentially take observable kinds of personalities that people often find, place them in categories, and then explain the tendancies within them. Though one can memorize the 16 personality types you get with the Myers-Briggs, that is not what it ultimately does.<BR/><BR/>The concern with Jung and Myers-Briggs (I'm not as familiar with Kiersy. I think that it is somewhere in the middle) is not to identify what your personality is, but to describe the way your personality functions. If you stay with the series, you'll see that the listing of the 16 personality types is the conclusion, and also not the goal. It is attempting to understand what the 4 scales indicate, and the way that they interact with each other to <I>explain</I> human behavior, rather than just label and group it. I'm not saying that it is better, but rather different, and personally I find it more interesting and useful. <BR/><BR/>Mind you, that doesn't mean that I believe these things to be fact. There is a conventional nature to this thing, and it is quite possible that much later, it gets thrown out for something better. I am not interested because it is right, but because it is useful, and if someone finds a different system useful, than so be it.Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-79906946520642978422008-10-26T00:40:00.000-04:002008-10-26T00:40:00.000-04:00I am more familiar with the 4 temperaments.Though ...I am more familiar with the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Temperaments" REL="nofollow">4 temperaments</A>.<BR/><BR/>Though there is a lot of interest in these different personality profiling concepts, I think there should be more research into the foundational concepts over and above applying concepts thought to be valid.bethyadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990677679970591625noreply@blogger.com