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The main point:
One man, Gregory Reinin, suggested a set of characteristics (organized in pairs) which are to be used to ease the process of determining one's type. His idea has both adherents and opponents.


STATICS - DYNAMICS

Statics (rational introverts and irrational extroverts):

1. A static perceives the reality around him as set of episodes (scenes, pictures). The consciousness of a static is focused on perception of separate states instead of that of a continuous stream of changes.
2. When a static gives a description of some event he is declined to generalize and describe it as typical among similar events (" Usually I celebrate the New Year in this way: -- ").
3. There is usually only one main character in a static’s story (who gives place to some other character rather rarely).
4. In static’s stories the descriptions of some state prevail, not the descriptions of an action; thus transition from one state into another comes "in leaps and bounds".
5. His lexicon: frequent use of link-verbs "to be" (""to become”, “to be"), of impersonal sentences with modal verbs (“could", “should”; " it is possible to do" instead of “I do").

Dynamics (irrational introverts and rational extroverts):

1. The current events represent for them a sole conjoint sequence which doesn’t split up into separate episodes. The consciousness of a dynamic is mostly focused on perception of a continuous stream of changes, not states.
2. Giving a description of some event a dynamic hardly will generalize, he describes something concrete ("The previous New Year I’ve spent -- "). When describing something he behaves as though he were in the centre of described event himself, as though he "is involved" in it.
3. In dynamic’s stories usually all characters become main ones, and that may concern even inanimate objects.
4. In dynamic’s stories the descriptions of some processes prevail, not the descriptions of states.
5. His lexicon: uses lots of verbs describing action without a direct object ("has gone", "has made", "has brought", "have sat down", ""had fun, have shed a few tears"). In his stories he uses lots of main verbs expressing actions of the story-teller or of the other characters and the interaction between them.

Examples

Static:
" I’m always exhausted when the New Year comes ". " I’d like to spend the New Year’s Eve -- ". " It was dull to -- ". " I stayed at home ". " We were guests at --". " This holiday was better in comparison with the last one ".

Dynamic:
" The New Year's tree smells fantastic. The house is simply imubed with emotions ". " This New Year we’ve spent doing this and that ". " We have gathered together, songs sang, celebrated". " In New year I always expect some miracle... then comes disappointment... inevitably ".