To me most of your choices seem rather accurate, I especially strongly agree about Lipton being an ESFJ and Nixon being a Visionary - and Speirs is kind of a perfect example for a Mechanic indeed.
I also think Webster is definitely an Idealist (as in NF by temperament), but I think I would hesitate choosing between ENFP and INFP in his case. He might be acting more like an introvert because he comes from a different social background than most of the guys around him. Anyway, I think he might be close to being half-way between the two types.
(Also, now that I think about it I always score as an INFP at these tests and I've always identified easily with him and his general attitude, despite of the fact that I don't consider him to be my particular favourite character. *muses*
Also, as you've said each personality type has positive and negative traits and behaviors, and I think that even Dike might have had a chance to be useful for the Army if he had lived up to his potential and wasn't put in a situation where he was expected to do stuff he was not naturally inclined to do, i. e. leading people in combat.) Anyway, great stuff, thanks for putting this handy summary together - it was a really interesting read!
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To me most of your choices seem rather accurate, I especially strongly agree about Lipton being an ESFJ and Nixon being a Visionary - and Speirs is kind of a perfect example for a Mechanic indeed.
I also think Webster is definitely an Idealist (as in NF by temperament), but I think I would hesitate choosing between ENFP and INFP in his case. He might be acting more like an introvert because he comes from a different social background than most of the guys around him. Anyway, I think he might be close to being half-way between the two types.
(Also, now that I think about it I always score as an INFP at these tests and I've always identified easily with him and his general attitude, despite of the fact that I don't consider him to be my particular favourite character. *muses*
Also, as you've said each personality type has positive and negative traits and behaviors, and I think that even Dike might have had a chance to be useful for the Army if he had lived up to his potential and wasn't put in a situation where he was expected to do stuff he was not naturally inclined to do, i. e. leading people in combat.)
Anyway, great stuff, thanks for putting this handy summary together - it was a really interesting read!