A pub brawl

A pub Brawl from Jung – A very short introduction by Anthony Stevens I could have written my own version of this but have chosen to use this fine illustration out of 1) laziness and 2) having no need to reinvent this fine wheel. Please note the views in the recounts are not shared exactly by all thinkers/feelers/intuitives/sensors of course, they are just illustrative!!!! We all have either, 
 • Sensation 
• Thinking 
• Feeling or 
• Intuition 

 as our dominant function. Imagine one of each type witnessed the following scene: Two men came staggering out of a bar. They are shouting and swearing at one another. There is a struggle. One of them falls to the ground and bangs his head on the pavement. Each witness will respond to what is before them in a manner typical of his/her type: 

The sensation type will give the clearest account of what happened. S/he will have noted the height, build and general appearance of the two men: one was overweight, middle-aged and bald and had a scar over his left eye; the other younger, fair-haired, more athletic and had a moustache. Both were dressed casually in T-shirts, jeans and trainers. It was the overweight one who fell and it was his right temple that struck the kerb. There was a crack on impact etc 

The thinking type interprets the events as they happen, working out what it all means. The two men came staggering out of the bar so evidently they had been drinking. They are shouting and swearing at one another, so they are having a disagreement. A struggle ensues so they must feel strongly enough to become physically violent about it. One falls to the ground, so he must be the weaker (or drunker) of the two. The latter cracks his head so he may be concussed and in need of medical attention etc. 

The feeling type responds to each event in the scene with value-judgements: ‘what a sordid episode!’ ‘What thoroughly objectionable people.’ ‘that is clearly a bar frequented by louts and not a place to go to if one wants a quiet chat with a friend.’ ‘The one on the ground may have hurt himself and as a responsible citizen it would fell wrong if I didn’t ring for an ambulance.’ 

The intuitive type ‘sees’ the whole story: they are football hooligans who support opposing teams. Disgusted by their aggression, the landlord told them to clear off and this inflamed them to violence. the man who cracked his head is accident prone and this is just another incident in a lifetime of misfortune. He has fractured his skull and a clot will form on his brain requiring surgery. He will be off work for weeks and his long-suffering wife will once again have to struggle to make ends meet. This is what happens to people from a disadvantaged background who have nothing else to live for but football and drink. Things like this will go on happening and get much worse because we do nothing to change society or improve the educational system. 

1st being your dominant function...... 

Myers Briggs type    1st   2nd 3rd  4th 

 ENFP or INFJ          N     F     T     S 
 ESTP or ISTJ           S     T     F     N 
 ENTJ or INTP          T     N    S     F 
 ESFJ or ISFP            F     S     N    T 
 ENTP or INTJ          N    T     F     S 
 ESFP or ISFJ            S     F    T     N 
 ESTJ or ISTP            T    S    N     F 
 ENFJ or INFP           F    N    S    T

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