12 Angry Men: A Socionic Study
I was just curious if anyone had seen this movie before. It's an oldie, but a goodie. The plot, if you're unfamiliar, is of a jury deciding over the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of 1st degree murder (with the whole movie taking place as they are deliberating). I thought it was a rather fascinating psychological study, as you get to know each of the 12 men fairly well. What I was really wondering was if anyone had enough experience/knowledge of the movie as to make some preliminary guesses as to the types of the characters in the film. Though it likely means nothing to most all of you, it seemed like the main crux of the movie focused on the conflict between what I guessed was an INFj (though a very healthy, intelligent one and played by Henry Fonda, no less) and an ESTp. Independent observers that you are, there'd probably be some disagreement here. Assuming that someone, somewhere has though, here are my guesses as to the types of the jurors:
Juror 1 (foreman): ESTj
Juror 2: INFp
Juror 3: ESTp
Juror 4: ESTj
Juror 5: ISTp
Juror 6: ISTp
Juror 7: ESFp
Juror 8: INFj
Juror 9: ENFp
Juror 10: ESTp
Juror 11: INTj
Juror 12: ENTp
Re: 12 Angry Men: A Socionic Study
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Juror 1 (foreman): ESTj
Juror 2: INFp
Juror 3: ESTp
Juror 4: ESTj
Juror 5: ISTp
Juror 6: ISTp
Juror 7: ESFp
Juror 8: INFj
Juror 9: ENFp
Juror 10: ESTp
Juror 11: INTj
Juror 12: ENTp
That's quite a spectrum.
Right, going solely off wiki's entry for 12 Angry men, munenori, I would ask you two questions based on what I think is implausible:
1. Why would an IEI be a bank clerk? That's like having an SEI barrister. It's not just an unlikely correlation, it's a really strange and generally impossible one.
2. Are you sure a wise and observant elderly man is akin to an IEE? Sounds like anything but an EP.
Other than that, from the information I've given, I'd say fair enough. You've also compelled me to watch it so that I can judge for myself the characters' types.
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Juror 1 (foreman): ESTj
Juror 2: INFp
Juror 3: ESTp
Juror 4: ESTj
Juror 5: ISTp
Juror 6: ISTp
Juror 7: ESFp
Juror 8: INFj
Juror 9: ENFp
Juror 10: ESTp
Juror 11: INTj
Juror 12: ENTp
That's quite a spectrum.
Right, going solely off wiki's entry for 12 Angry men, munenori, I would ask you two questions based on what I think is implausible:
1. Why would an IEI be a bank clerk? That's like having an SEI barrister. It's not just an unlikely correlation, it's a really strange and generally impossible one.
2. Are you sure a wise and observant elderly man is akin to an IEE? Sounds like anything but an EP.
Other than that, from the information I've given, I'd say fair enough. You've also compelled me to watch it so that I can judge for myself the characters' types.
1. To be honest, I missed where it pointed out he was a bank manager. Out of all the jurors, he was one of the hardest to type for me. I thought he might be INxx. When he offered why he thought the defendent was guilty, his answer seemed intuitive without really focusing on the facts too extensively. He was a pretty subdued character and there wasn't a lot else to go on, so he could very easily be a variety of types, I just didn't think he was a thinking type. Very much a guess on my part. Somewhat based on how he interacted with the other characters whose types I was more confident in.
2. On this one, well, part of it was how well he synched with Henry Fonda's character (which is pretty sparse stuff). Seemed to be an extraverted feeler, could have easily been a senser (especially given his keen eye for detail that comes out later in the film). Though if that's the case, I'd lean more towards ESFj than ESFp, but who knows? I sort of got a delta feel from him, but I suppose it was more an intuition than anything really apparent. He was pretty good at running through the possible motives/psychologies of the witnesses. Whatever that means.
And, yes, you should watch it. :D
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could have easily been a senser (especially given his keen eye for detail that comes out later in the film).
What sort of detail exactly? I haven't seen the film, but from what I understand, keen eye for detail can be attributed to Te rather than "being a senser". I may be wrong on this though, it's been a while since I last saw that written somewhere.