Time orientated vs Event orientated
A time orientated person thinks
"I'm going to leave work at 4:00, and I need to pick up my kid from the day care by six. Drive time will be about half an hour, so I shouldn't spend more than an hour and 15 minutes at the grocery store, just to be on the safe side."
An event orientated person thinks
"Once I leave work, I'm going to go the the grocery store and then go pick up my kid from day care."
Does this have to do with one's perceiving function, or is it more a matter of rationality vs irrationality. The theory is that sensors are more time orientated while intuitive types are event oriented. Any thoughts?
Re: Time orientated vs Event orientated
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Originally Posted by Joy
Does this have to do with one's perceiving function, or is it more a matter of rationality vs irrationality.
First impression is rationality vs irrationality matters. Perhaps intuition vs sensing matters too. SJs being most time oriented, NP most event oriented. Or perhaps NJs being most time oriented and SPs most event oriented. I can see a case for either.
Now this is pure speculation. Perhaps this should be broken down to individual functions? For example extroverts might be more likely event oriented and introverts time oriented etc.