A pair of Static/Dynamic type traits is defined by filling the Mental/Vital function blocks with dynamic (Si, Ni, Fe, Te) and static (Se, Ne, Fi, Ti) information aspects. Thus, static types have mental static and vital dynamic aspects, while dynamic types have mental dynamic and vital static aspects.
As mentioned in the previous article, the Mental/Vital properties determines the focus of our attention, dividing functions into active and passive, conscious and unconscious. Combined with dynamic and static aspects, these properties give rise to two contrary types of thinking. Thus, the dynamic ones are responsible for concrete information, while the static ones are responsible for abstract information. Therefore, statics are types that actively contemplate abstract information while simultaneously comprehending concrete information in the background, while dynamic types actively interact with concrete information in the foreground and abstract information in the background.
The hallmark of dynamic types is that they use a lot of detail, including what may seem like unnecessary details such as who did what and how, what happened, and what the circumstances were. It is difficult for them to distill the essence unless they aim to base their thinking on one of the static aspects. Conversely, static types think more abstractly; instead of describing various actions, they speak of a summarizing relationship. They also have difficulty providing examples to clarify their thoughts, so their speech is often filled with general formulations.
It is important to understand that these traits can be very confusing. If you are learning to type people and you think you can distinguish between statics and dynamics, there is a chance that most of the representatives of types you have learned do not correspond to their real types: for example, fast-talking statics may be mistaken for dynamic types. First and foremost, it is important to look at which language aspects the person finds it easiest to express their thoughts in: for example, when speaking about vital aspects, we often revert back to our mental aspects. And of course, everyone can train themselves to speak in the language of their vital aspects: for example, teaching abstract sciences, sooner or later you will speak in the language of introverted logic. Therefore, it is important to listen to the person’s natural speech rather than prepared speech when typing.
Static types include Don Quixote, Robespierre, Zhukov, Maxim Gorky, Napoleon, Dreiser, Huxley and Dostoevsky.
Dynamic types include Hugo, Dumas, Hamlet, Yesenin, Jack London, Balzac, Stierlitz and Gabin.