Self-typing does indeed start with individual interest to explore, however it doesn’t stay that way because it’s near impossible to remove yourself from the typing process and then give an unbiased assessment applying the theory to yourself. It’s really hard to look at yourself objectively and that's why people have the tendency to self-type as something they want to be, something flattering.
Cognitive type isn’t about “knowing” someone at all. It’s not about “personality” or behavior. It doesn’t measure intelligence or mental health or emotional health, either. It’s about determining the map of your thinking style and tracing the origins of how you think and motivations. For G who has 30+ years experience and he knows how to recognize the subtle nuances that laypersons don’t know about. That’s why he’s a professional and we’re hobbyists.
But that’s an arbitrary amount of time from your POV. You don’t have the equal amount of experience G has in order to determine what’s sufficient time in order to determine cognitive type so how can you say that if he studied people for a weeks at a time that he’s more accurate than people submitting in their videos for an hour or under? He’s had 30 years experience and maybe he did actually start off that way. The point is, who the hell would anyone want a psychologist to follow them around for a week?! Which again, this isn’t about knowing someone on any deeper level like you’re gonna marry them or be their friend. This isn’t a personal thing. Cognitive mapping is actually more general than that.
Reyne just created this thread to get info. G squad is fitting.