Posted by Cory on March 27, 2000 at 16:00:07:
In Reply to: MBTI N vs S posted by Dave Kelly on March 27, 2000 at 14:34:29:
No, not you! :) What I've seen is like people attribute a celebrities MB type simply out of one subcategory. A common misapplication is where anyone who is groundbreaking and pioneering is automatically labeled an N. While originality is associated with N, it's not All of N, and just by being original doesn't warrant somebody to be an N. An example I think is Madonna. While I think she is a highly original performer, I believe her to be an ESTP rather than ENTP. The descriptions of ESTPs sound much more like her than an ENTP does. Plus, it's quite obvious she is more of the Artisan temperament than the Rational.
Also, what is the difference between Inventive and Self-Confident? Reading Personality Self-Portrait, Oldham writes that narcissism is a result of low self-esteem. So there's no difference between "narcissism" and "compensatory narcissism" because they are the same thing.
So, where did you get Inventive from? And also Artistic, since both are not in the book I have.
-Cory