Help Me Understand How CT Contrasts With MBTI

It's because the dominant function of an SiTe is a perceiving function, so they are perceiving dominant. MBTI flips these for introverts because ISTJs may appear as judgers because that is what is extroverted. The CT system is closer to socionics than MBTI.

Hi Mark---

The functional stacking is the same in MBTI and CT. So for an "ISTJ" in MBTI and an SiTe in CT, the order of functions is SiTeFiNe. But it's important to note that MBTI, although based on Jung, does not focus on the cognitive functions that he wrote about. This is why when you take an assessment in MBTI, you're not given any information about which of your functions is strongest. Instead, the focus is on dichotomies(I/E, S/N). In this way, MBTI is a long shot from Jung, and is its own system with entirely different "types", really, than Jung himself isolated. 


So you will find other systems of typology that attempt to stay closer to Jung and focus on the functions of consciousness that he wrote of, and CT is one of them. In MBTI, more weight is given to the functions that we extravert under the assumption that these functions can be best seen by others. So an MBTI "ISTJ" is consider to be a "judger" because their first extraverted function is the extraverted thinking function(a judging function); nevermind that they first introvert their sensing function(a function of perception). Likewise, an "INFP" in MBTI is said to be a perceiver because the first extraverted function in their stacking is extraverted intuition(a function of perception), irrespective of the fact that their first function is in fact introverted feeling(a judging function). 

TL/DR: CT identifies "J/P" types by their dominant/lead functions in the order that they appear in the functional stack; whereas, MBTI identifies the "J/P" of types by the first extraverted function.

What type are you in MBTI? I didn't catch that in your video.

MBTI didn't really get a lot of things right regarding the functions because that's not what it's primarily concerned with. MBTI is more like a set of stereotypes based on certain ways people come across. Being an 'ENTP' just means you are sociable, interested in deep things, and aren't organized. That doesn't correlate with how your brain functions.

Have you had the chance to read the article on Si that Erifrail posted?

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As an Si-lead, I would say that I don't really experience much paranoia. Whenever I do, it's usually me taking in new information that goes against what I thought before or new information that suggests there are possibilities past what I want to be true. I usually just get any kind of paranoia with what is usually called "over-thinking things". This is just Ne generating negative scenarios even though there are also positive ones that still exist and I know of. I personally wouldn't characterize myself as "being prone to paranoia", but I can relate to it and experience it in the way that an Si/Ne user would.

I also embrace change. If something needs to be changed, or it's more beneficial to be changed, so be it; it doesn't bother me much and I can't change it, so I might as well make the best of it. There needs to be some variety in everything or else it all just gets boring.

The principles and nature of experiences vs the setting or environment: me too. I hardly ever even notice the environment or setting. I just focus on what's meant to be focused on (what I think should be anyway). I predict things rather intuitively as opposed to mathematically; I get a vibe or feeling of what I'm making predictions of. Wouldn't focusing on the setting or environment be more Ne anyway? It's the exploration process and it's extroverted.

I also don't value nostalgia, and don't really like to look into the past that often. Anything about sentiment or whatever as well, I don't care about.

I feel like the description of functions can really only describe it to an extent. Furthermore, you need to look at how it would work with the other functions. Example: I don't mind change because it is necessary and keeps things from becoming old and boring. I know that I cannot change it, and there is no point trying to re-live the past. Somewhat ironically, this is a worldview formed by Si that goes against some aspects of Si.