Of the following, which of the two personality types do you generally align with?
When approaching a given situation or idea, do you typically focus on details first, or start with the bigger picture, filling in details second?
Edit for clarity: I’m not asking anyone to strictly identify with one or the other. It’s a question of where on the spectrum between them you fall.
I am more of a big picture person and my partner is more of a details first person.
The context totally changes the question.
“Which do you like more, blue or green?” is very different from “Which do you feel you are, a blue-liker or a green-liker?”
The first question directly asks a specific thing.
The second is asking what category a person feels they belong to. And assigning a category implies many things in addition to liking the color.
I think you hit the nail on the head. It’s being made about hypothetical implications, instead of being taken at face value…
Here’s another one: Are you more of a silly person or a serious person?
There are implications to both, and few would self identify as strictly one or the other, but I can easily see which side I tend to align with without labeling myself a “Serious/Silly Person”
It’s really blowing my mind that this concept isn’t more intuitive. (I’ve had this conversation with a family member who has a view very similar to yours)