Agency and Consciousness: Towards an Integrated Foundation for Behavioural Economics The Architecture of Choice as a Bounded Universe: Empirical Evidence for Jung (1921) with an Instrumental MBTI Intake for cCC*

Abstract

This paper advances a bounded-universe claim about choice architecture: Jung's Psychological Types (1921) is not treated as a loose typology of labels, but as an empirically instanced architecture that yields a closed, non-degenerate 16-state distribution (15 differentiated positions plus an integrative whole). Using ABS-labelled Roy Morgan Single Source files reported as unweighted respondent counts (earlier extract n=322,119; later pooled five-year extract n=327,119), we show that every state carries non-zero population mass and that the full grid sums to a complete probability space within rounding tolerance. We further show that this boundedness persists when the same base population is re-expressed through multiple independent profile partitions (e.g., gender, SES, technology, social direction, family stage, health, and "mattering"). This matters for behavioural economics because it supplies a practical bridge between intrinsically private experience and public coordination: experience remains private in its intrinsic character (as emphasised in contemporary "hard question" framings), while its downstream footprints in patterned preference, priority formation, and maintained commitment are empirically observable. We define Consciousing (cCC*) as the human process that converts life chances into choices and sustained changes via disciplined testing and stabilised determination, yielding measurable agency outcomes (autonomy, coherent identity, and sustained commitment). MBTI is accepted instrumentally as a structured language through which individuals articulate their private life chances, choices, and changes; cCC* then specifies how that articulation is converted into publicly followable criteria through a repeatable protocol ("Walking the Squares") and auditable decision-work cycles (AEIOUF/ICOSA). We conclude with a testable programme for applied validation focused on protocol fidelity and outcome value ("enjoy living MORE of life"), and we invite contributions that strengthen operational transparency, comparative evaluation, and translation into practice.