Values are interrelated and cannot be rank-ordered. Avoidance of repetition. Categories not mutually exclusive. Meaning is context dependent. Nature is continually changing requiring allowance for change.
Values interact to generate new values and meanings.
Multiple evolving meanings. The above descriptions are brief summaries of his extensive listings of characteristics in relation to overall social philosophy, ethics, decision-making, design, social activity, perception of environment, human values, choice of alternatives, religion, causality, logic, knowledge, and cosmology. Thus the H-type predominates in European, Hindu and Islamic cultures. The I-type develops in certain individuals, such as those of existentialist philosophy. The S-type is characteristic of Chinese, Hopi, and Balinese cultures.