Why Carl Jung Didn't Believe In Personality Types

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Carl Jung was deeply critical of the idea of personality types, but fascinated with variations in functions and personality traits.

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[Nerdy-By-Nature]

I really appreciate his view - that it is for practical purposes. It's for understanding one another more accurately, not boxing people in. This is how I've always approached any form of "profiling", but many people are resistant to the idea because they think they're being put in a box and not allowed to be a unique individual.

[melanie]

I tend to agree. Trying to categorise a planet filled with millions of personalities into 16 categories is unfathomable

[stevedoetsch]

Temperament is a broad category while personality is unique to the individual.

[chickadddee]

People should know that MBTI is about temperament, not personality. As it gets terribly diluted via social media, people have not learned the difference. Temperament is not everything, but it is an important part of personality which includes a lot more. That is what Jung meant. It is merely a beginning, so classification as temperament cannot describe the whole of a person. We know this! Not every ISFJ or ENTP is the same as their own type!! That is why the original tests show percentages. When Myers-Briggs developed the test, Jung was skeptical of its' use. Well, it turned out to be very useful, took decades to create and was used for 15 yrs or so just as a tool for counselling, primarily understanding spouses and family members, but also for career counselling. That is what he was referring to. Jung died in '61, long before it was used by the general public. In the 80's it exploded into mainstream counselling and beyond. Cognitive functions as we know them today were developed later. And of course people started to take liberties with the beautiful original test - which is lengthy, designed so you can't fool it, and there are exact instructions for taking it so that it is accurate instead of telling someone what they would like to be. Sorry but a 25 question quiz doesn't cut it.

[envx]

if Jung were still alive today i'm sure he would be very critical of all jungian analysts

[Jewellene]

I think it's because we are more than our egos. The more you're driven by your ego, the more typology applies. The more awake you are, the more intelligence you have access to.

[ameenashraf]

It's wholesome to hear from the very man who laid foundation for personality typology. Human beings are too complex and unique to be reduced into some set of labels.

[fogk]

“To explain the husband to the wife” really ties the whole point together. What a way with words.

[Pain]

He made it for understanding human cognition and understand the depths of human mind better. Not argue about whos what and use the personality types to do random crap like what people usually do.

[baharmoadeli]

I wish you answered your question as well😁

[gertpostel]

Because the character of a man is indescribable he says and that these are just orientation points, but so he means orientation to what is

[mattbritzius]

Putting someone into a personality category flattens the complexity of the individual. Every human has different modes of personality that emerge in different contexts. An introvert at work may be an extrovert in the pub. Someone may be disagreeable with strangers, but avoid conflict with friends and family. Each person is a kaleidoscope, with shifting behavior and disposition.

[PoetryInHats]

This video needed to be much longer! However I will say this. Jung's "types" were the equivalent of what we call "neurodivergents." He even predicted that biological causes would someday be found for why they were that way. They were extreme characters, "real cards". Most people would not have been "differentiated" enough in his eyes to achieve likeness to a type. Rather, ordinary people might hew slightly to one "pattern" (the real meaning of the word 'type') or another.

So we can see why he says that people are not divided into types. The types are rare examples of extreme psychology, which fall into a certain pattern - the eight types he identified. That pattern, because it results from the exaggeration of ordinary thinking processes, helps reveal what those thinking processes are.

It's kind of like staining slides of microscopic cells. Yes, all cells are shaped that way, but only these cells are blue. The blue helps us see the ordinary shapes of all cells; but we should not go so far as to assume that all cells are blue.

Likewise, the types are extremely different from each other and that helps us understand what, for instance, Introverted Thinking is. And yes, this type uses it almost to the exclusion of everything else. That doesn't mean everyone who uses Ti uses it to the exclusion of everything else.

But hark! There's a twist! Most people who get into MBTI do it because they feel different. They are differentiated. They are neurodivergent to some degree or another. They are kind of typish! 😂

[noro]

I think it's only wrong if you put yourself into a box with the intent on staying there. But this is absolutely a personality system, since it's about finding that mirror that reflects your subconscious/unconscious through the patterns of others to better understand who you are & work to improve.

[Gjakdjruknownhpjs]

Carl Jung's understanding of human psychology is beyond.





Being an Fi Dom, I didn't struggle much to see why he made such observation.

[junhaozheng]

Exactly. Because the whole idea ppl categorized into Personalities are just chulish and shallow understanding towards human soul. Exactly, everyone is unique because of their family background, life experiences. 2 infjs wont be ever same. And its also just brain function cognitive preferences. What makez a human uniques is its life itself

[billbruno]

This made me laugh. I met a woman, and in talking she said she was recently divorced, and had been married to one of the inner family Jung's. I was surprised, and my first question was, "wow, what were they like?". She said casually, "oh, they're all crazy!" Hahahaha

[tracephage]

Nice to hear, I already treated people as their own unique being.
Most people just try to shoehorn people into categories asap

[ariespointproject]

Good vid man.
Dynamic beings in the seasons of life cycles.

[MrMaxedout]

This is on point as in modern time now people spending a lot of time on social media about personality disorders and can lead to wrong conclusions. Like Carl said just treat people as individuals. That’s how I would like to be treated so same way back 😊