Acquired or complex emotions are different from simple emotions such as anger, pain, happiness which are present even in toddlers and in animals. These simple emotions are not learnt.
Complex emotions are interesting. Lot of things happen because of it. Most of our major initiatives, good and bad, happen because of complex emotions. Complex emotions may be better developed in P type and F type people (as in MBTI) people.
Complex emotions cause motivation, sensitivity, sacrifice, empathy, condescension, focus on (creating the right) image, white collar crime, blackmail, Dark Triad (Psychpathic / Machiavellian / Narcissistic behaviour) etc.
Insensitivity can be the result of T behaviour (because it doesn't think of how someone might feel) or of J behaviour (because it's too busy following rules to think of feelings) or of a F / P because they are too busy focusing on their own goals.
The complex behaviour needs the N (as in MBTI) trait to grow.
When a high energy combines with complex behaviour then these behaviours are intensely exhibited.
The greater the N, the higher the person is likely to focus on reaching the top of Maslow's pyramid. Reaching the top isn't always good or bad. People with high level of complex emotions may include Donald Trump, Adolf Hitler, Robert Clive, Mother Theresa, Mahatma Gandhi - an assorted bunch as we can see.
The diametric opposite of an NFP is an STJ. The latter (especially one with low energy) will be a very simple soul compared to the former - not necessarily a better soul but simpler.
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