Very well said re people wanting to heighten their self esteem. Unfortunately out of all of the typological systems I feel like MBTI say as opposed to CPT caters to that the most as the categories themselves are broad archetypes that are behaviourally imbued that seemingly anyone can fit in to. It gives people a justification for their behaviour & to stagnant whereas the likes of CPT posits that type is fluid & there's no fixed boundaries between one type & another. CPT is definitely for those more interested in self transformation & expanding our cognitive pathways. I can see the pitfalls of taking MBTI too seriously & see this on forums daily whereas I don't see this in the CPT community on discord & Facebook - people are much more interested in self improvement & integration. As CPT gains more empirical backing as it's becoming more SiTi granular I hope the popularity of mbti will diminish although I am a realist as CPT caters to a much more academic audience whereas MBTI is much more pseudo scientific. With MBTI most people inevitably type themselves incorrectly as well & thus transcendental needs etc are not being met. For example for the biggest mistype appears to be (based on CPT empirical studies) INFJs who are in fact ISFPs & ESFPs & INTJs who are in fact ISFPs. I don't blame people for mistyping owing to the reasons you've stated above re a need to feel exclusive etc when the reality is we can feel alienated for a whole host of reasons.
Well stated, I still feel personality typing is helpful and enjoy pondering about it, but I find if one focuses on it too much it begins to dissolve.
Building identity and esteem and a sense of belonging is important, and a part of passage and maturation, too. :)
Very well said re people wanting to heighten their self esteem. Unfortunately out of all of the typological systems I feel like MBTI say as opposed to CPT caters to that the most as the categories themselves are broad archetypes that are behaviourally imbued that seemingly anyone can fit in to. It gives people a justification for their behaviour & to stagnant whereas the likes of CPT posits that type is fluid & there's no fixed boundaries between one type & another. CPT is definitely for those more interested in self transformation & expanding our cognitive pathways. I can see the pitfalls of taking MBTI too seriously & see this on forums daily whereas I don't see this in the CPT community on discord & Facebook - people are much more interested in self improvement & integration. As CPT gains more empirical backing as it's becoming more SiTi granular I hope the popularity of mbti will diminish although I am a realist as CPT caters to a much more academic audience whereas MBTI is much more pseudo scientific. With MBTI most people inevitably type themselves incorrectly as well & thus transcendental needs etc are not being met. For example for the biggest mistype appears to be (based on CPT empirical studies) INFJs who are in fact ISFPs & ESFPs & INTJs who are in fact ISFPs. I don't blame people for mistyping owing to the reasons you've stated above re a need to feel exclusive etc when the reality is we can feel alienated for a whole host of reasons.