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1. THE ORIGINS OF PERSONALITY THEORY

Both the Myers-Briggs and Socionics theories are based on the writings of Carl Jung, who observed and analyzed behaviors and put specific facts into his own logical framework. This study is known as psychological types. Jung’s writing was highly abstract and complex, much of which is difficult for the average person to understand. At the end of this posts I will reference the translation of the analysis, found on a website called Wikisocion.

At first Jung organized four different categories, which is alike to MBTI. These are sensing, intuition, thinking, and feeling. This analysis breaks down into more complex theory, so this is where this gets to the hard part (and more interesting). Jung proposed 8 psychological functions. These are:

Introverted Feeling (Fi)

Extroverted Feeling (Fe)

Introverted Thinking (Ti)

Extroverted Thinking (Te)

Introverted Sensing (Si)

Extroverted Sensing (Se)

Introverted Intuition (Ni)

Extroverted Intuition (Ne)

2. THE COGNITIVE FUNCTION STACK

Each type has a certain cognitive function stack of four functions, which a selection of the eight functions listed above. 

For example, here is the functional stack of the INFJ:

The higher the function, the stronger it is. Intuition in on the introverted side for an INFJ, which means it is introverted intuition (Ni). This is the dominant function. 

The auxiliary (secondary) function in Extroverted feeling.

The tertiary (third) function is Introverted thinking.

The Inferior (weakest) function is Extroverted Sensing.

Ni and Fe (the dominant and auxiliary) are the strongest functions for an INFJ. They are also a preference. These are the INFJ’s talents, you could say. Intuition and Feeling are like second nature to the INFJ, and all NF types.

Ti and Se (tertiary and inferior) are the INFJs weak point. They use these functions but they are not a strength, but an area of weakest which the INFJ has to work on.

Let’s compare the INFJ functions to an INTJ:

They are very similar until it comes to the F/T difference. Instead of extroverted feeling (Fe), INTJ’s use extroverted thinking (Te). Therefore the feeling function is as a result, Introverted Feeling (Fi)

Once you learn the different functions stacks of all the types, you will start to notice a pattern. The four letters have a correlation with the functional stack. This is because the functions that are the opposite of each other by definition are always on the functional stack. If a type has Fe they will have Ti and so on and so forth.

The definition of each function depends on whether it is introverted or extroverted. We all know that intuition means concepts, imaginative prospects, noticing patterns, ideas and making connections - the definition changes when it comes to introverted intuition vs extroverted intuition.

 The functional stack is quite hard to learn at first, therefore I recommend you learn all the stacks for each type before trying to discover the definitions of the eight cognitive functions.

If you think you have a clear understanding, then you can read further if you’re interested…

3. INTROVERTED VS EXTROVERTED

Both MBTI and the individual cognitive functions are really about preference. A personality type consists of 4 functions (see diagram at the top of this post) not because it is what they can do, but rather, this is what they value. You either value Ti or Te. Fi or Fe, etc, but not both.

A function that is introverted is known as being Subjective.

A function which is extroverted is known as being Objective.

This means how you interpret an object/situation that is based on the outer world. Ti and Te both deal with logic, but each prefer to analyze and interpret this information in an entirely different way.This applies to all versions of the 4 dichotomies.

The functions that are truly the opposite of each other are those that are displayed on the same spectrum in each personality type. Si-Ne.  Ni-Se.  Fe-Ti. Fi-Te. Do you notice this pattern that shows up when someone is explaining each personality type? These pairs are technically the opposite functions. The definition of each of these pairs are the opposite.

4. THE FUNCTIONAL STACK

Now to the last part. How does talent correlate with the personality types? What are the strengths, and what are the weaknesses? This is a perfectly relevant question because we use all eight functions. We value 4 of those functions, and dislike the other four. It is important to realize that seeing the use of a cognitive function in your own personality does not necessarily mean it is a dominant function. Just because you recognize the use of intuition in yourself for example, this does not eliminate the possibility that you are a sensing type.

To help you understand the functional stacking better and provide a much more visual explanation, here is a type comparison video from youtube:

HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=0WALL99VDN4

The “dominant” and “auxiliary” functions are strong and valued.

The “Tertiary” and “Inferior” functions are weak but still valued.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. No one can fully understand the function theory to begin with, and finding out your type is a lengthy, step by step process to self discovery. I hope this was useful to all you newbies out there.

Here is Carl Jung’s translated text:

VIDEO SOURCE

negasonic teenaged warhead (comics): a white goth without a love interest

ryan reynolds: she’s a biracial goth with a lovely japanese girlfriend

russell collins (comics): a buff blond blue-eyed american

ryan reynolds: he’s a chubby polynesian māori kid from new zealand

domino (comics): She’s white with a black tattoo around her eye

ryan reynolds: she’s black with a vitiligo patch around her eye

vanessa carlysle (comics): unknown ethnicity

ryan reynolds: we’ll make her brazilian

blind al (comics): white

ryan reynolds: black

deadpool (comics): a pansexual canadian

“I won’t be available.”

Imagine you’re at work and your boss asks you to come in on Saturday. Saturday is usually your day off–coming in Saturdays is not an obligation to keep your job. Maybe you were going to watch a movie with a friend, or maybe you were just going to lie in bed and eat ice cream for eight hours, but either way you really, really don’t want to give up your day off.

If you consider yourself a millennial you’ve probably been raised to believe you need to justify not being constantly at work. And if you’re a gen-Z kid you’re likely getting the same toxic messages that we did. So in a situation like that, you might be inclined to do one of three things:

Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Cave when they pressure you to come in anyway, since you’re not doing anything important.

Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Over-apologize and worry that you looked bad/unprofessional.

Lie and say you’ve got a doctor’s appointment or some other activity that feels like an adequate justification for not working.

The fact is, it doesn’t matter to your boss whether you’re having open heart surgery or watching anime in your underwear on Saturday. The only thing that affects them is the fact that you won’t be at work. So telling them why you won’t be at work only gives them reason to try and pressure you to come in anyway.

If you say “I won’t be available,” giving no further information, you’d be surprised how often that’s enough. Be polite and sympathetic in your tone, maybe even say “sorry, but I won’t be available.” But don’t make an excuse. If your boss is a professional individual, they’ll accept that as a ‘no’ and try to find someone else. 

But bosses aren’t always professional. Sometimes they’re whiny little tyrants. So, what if they pressure you further? The answer is–politely and sympathetically give them no further information.

“Are you sure you’re not available?” “Sorry, but yes.”

“Why won’t you be available?” “I have a prior commitment.” (Which you do, even if it’s only to yourself.)

“What’s your prior commitment?” “Sorry, but that’s kind of personal.”

“Can you reschedule it?” “I’m afraid not. Maybe someone else can come in?”

Sure I’ll sum up.

So there was a very good peaceful protest by…. Lafayette Park? Right outside the White House. They were chanting, they had multiple reporters in the crowd, it was fucking CHILL, people were waiting for Trump to do a speech in the Rose Garden.

Then, out of nowhere, truly NOWHERE, the cops closed in from three directions and threw gas into the crowd. They used rubber bullets on the crowd IMMEDIATELY. One dude told the reporter “They don’t care about news, move.” They drove out the totally fucking peaceful, pre-curfew protestors.

They moved them all out, and Trump started speaking, and you could hear the fucking gas going off over his speech. CNN fucking did a splitscreen to show the peopple being shoved back as the motherfucker stood up there and said he would protect our rights and would mobilize the military against people.

Then back to the reporters, and everyone was forced further and further away. One woman on a bike told the reporter “They are getting the water cannons ready, you wanna move.”

TURNS OUT.

ALL OF THIS.

WAS BECAUSE TRUMP WANTED A PHOTO OP AT THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET. HE WANTED THEM OUT OF THE WAY SO HE COULD STAND WITH A BIBLE IN FRONT OF A CHURCH.

Even CNN is calling him a dictator, at 7PM.

Then the Illinois governor came out and called him a racist, xenophobic, misogynistic failure.