Jungian Functions
What are Jungian Functions?
In 1921 Carl Jung proposed a total of eight cognitive processes in his groundbreaking work Psychological Types. They form the building blocks of the sixteen personality types.
Jungian Functions:
Extroverted Sensing (Se)
An attitude that the environment requires a no-nonsense and obvious response in the here-and-now.
Introverted Sensing (Si)
An attitude that the environment is an endless jumble of sensory experiences which need stabilising.
Extroverted Intuition (Ne)
An attitude that there are infinite possibilities in the unknown universe, there is always more to something than just-is.
Introverted Intuition (Ni)
An attitude that the interpretation of the world requires the mind’s eye in seeing through any distortions in reality.
Extroverted Ethics (Fe)
An attitude that every person has a role to play and to thus maintain harmony in a socially networked world.
Introverted Ethics (Fi)
An attitude appreciating that souls are intrinsically opposed and different thus keeping a watch on their harmony.
Extroverted Logic (Te)
An attitude to find and provide the best ways to gain predictable and reliable results in the external world.
Introverted Logic (Ti)
An attitude to seek a deep understanding of anything of interest to uncover its fundamental and causal structure.
Jungian Functions – at a glance:
The eight functions (or attitudes) form the guts of a personality type. In essence we have them at varying degrees of development and confidence when interacting with the environment.
2 Responses to "Jungian Functions"
August 7, 2007 at 8:57 pm
Introverted Intuition (Ni) is an awareness of apparent distortions in reality that might get in your way of understanding the actual “truth” about something or someone.
Here’s a few examples of so-called distortions that Ni would attempt to see through:
You are interviewing someone for a job. You take a brief notice of the clothes they are wearing. You are not immediately impressed and remain calm. You are more concerned with the naked truth of their suitability for the role.
Your friend shows you their new flashy mobile phone. Again you are not immediately impressed and remain calm. You are more concerned with what is so special about it disregarding the way it looks.
You are in a book-store and pick up a book. The cover says Socionics Demystified. You notice an East Asian figure in the background. Again you are not immediately impressed and remain calm. You are more concerned with reading the content without possible confusion from bogus images.
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August 7, 2007 at 8:50 pm
I am glad that you are promoting Carl Jung.