You tell me Duty, can you tolerate other people's weakness? I don't know if your INTP scores are high or low but lets say your I function is very high, you're an extreme introvert. Will you tolerate a person who is an extrovert to drag you into his extroverted and social activities while you're more of a withdrawn type who doesn't like those things? Same thing if you're a strong P, will you be more understanding of your J buddy to always have a plan for everything and be more directing in ways he wants things done, while you, a "P", are more to go with the flow, wait for more information to make decisions and more relaxed to those approaches that to a "j" doesn't always work that way.
On the other hand, if you have low scores on the MBTI you are usually more understanding of how the other functions work because you have almost an equal balance of the both types. Lets say you scored almost a tie on your "F" and "T" functions, you are most likely to be more objective on your decisions but at the same time take considerations on other peoples feelings on those decisions.
I'm sorry that I don't have an article or any evidence behind this reasoning of mine, though I'm pretty sure you won't take this as certain because if I'm correct, T functions needs facts and a logical explanation but unfortunely I can't find any articles that demonstrate my conclusions. I hope someone else in this forum will gladly tell you their point of view with what you're expecting.
I see more possibility here then just "if you have a high tolerance for other functions, you must have low scores because that's the only way you understand them."
It seems much more likely that understanding and tolerating the different functions of others is more about how
developed you are...emotional intelligence much more then the strength of your MBTI preferences. You can be a very developed, mature person and yet still have strong preferences for your functions.
No, it's completely unconvincing, and should be unconvincing to others, to just assert that "low scores = you understand others better because you're closer to the middle." Do people with low scores have trouble understanding those with strong preferences? "Why would you have a strong preference? It seems bad and shows a lack of understanding of the other side."
You tell me Duty, can you tolerate other people's weakness? I don't know if your INTP scores are high or low but lets say your I function is very high, you're an extreme introvert. Will you tolerate a person who is an extrovert to drag you into his extroverted and social activities while you're more of a withdrawn type who doesn't like those things?
First, I'm one case. We're talking about a statistic here, not an anecdote.
Still, to answer your question, I'm a very
very expressed introvert. Still, I haven't gotten alone time for weeks because my girlfriend is very much an extrovert. Not only do I tolerate it well, but I've adapted to appreciate it...I involve her in my normally solitary activities. I've recently even conquered my social anxiety disorder because of a desire to develop and mature as a person.
All it sounds like here is you're making an assumption, got called on it, found no evidence to support it either way, but still want to judge people with strong preferences as being poor at tolerating other functions. If I'm wrong on this correct me please.
Tbh, the functions are called preferences for a reason...they express nothing about how well you understand the functions nor do they express how tolerant you are of other functions. It's just about which ones you are most comfortable expressing...that's all. I'm most comfortable with INTP, it speaks nothing of my understanding or tolerence to say I have a strong preference for being this personality type. Not everyone is at the same level of maturity...not all INTPs misunderstand feeler types and think them misguided. Personality is not what determines development.
Interesting.......
