Freud's triad

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sufficient for 14 misidentifications (after applying Big 5 correlations)

disjunctions exist between: 1 vs 3, 1 vs 4, 1 vs 5, 1 vs 9, 2 vs 3, 2 vs 7, 2 vs 9, 3 vs 5, 3 vs 6, 3 vs 9, 4 vs 6, 4 vs 8, 6 vs 8, 7 vs 9

other tools necessary for: 1 vs 6, 3 vs 7, 3 vs 8, 5 vs 9

Whilst some of these may not have clear-cut behavioral differences, you can look for underlying themes in their decision-making patterns. These are most easily determined when two or more people of different groups are in the same stressful situation.

ID types (3, 7, 8)

Look for: going and getting it, taking control of the reins, usurping, doing things how I want to (without pretense of it being the right thing to do)

Superego types (1, 2, 6)

Look for: cyclic compliance and rebellion patterns, emphasis on doing things rightly/correctly, duty first mindset, "debts and debtors," green card involvement (it's been formally approved)

Withdrawn types (4, 5, 9)

Look for: abnegation, self-exclusion, giving others space, making space for self, staying hidden and uninvolved