Psyclepath
New member
- Joined
- Sep 27, 2016
- Messages
- 122
- MBTI Type
- ENTJ
- Enneagram
- 541
- Instinctual Variant
- so/sx
Or, the alternative question: How do so-lasts view typology?
I notice a lot of people on this forum (and Personality Cafe) are sp/sx or sx/sp. It's something that I find strange, mainly because typology deals with a very human issue. In many ways, both Jung/Socionics and the Enneagram can be viewed as matrices that box humans into a grid of relative behaviours.
My understanding of the social instinct is as follows:
It's ultimately a desire to identify within societies or create them. I feel like socials are the intellectuals among the Enneagram, being generally more "sophisticated" in their interests. They are not necessarily the deepest thinkers, but I imagine fields such as comedy and debating are filled largely with social firsts. Possibly a large number of documentaries are made by social-firsts as well. Most university/college societies are headed by social-firsts.
I suppose that a sexual creative (secondary instinct) is typically going to be more idealistic and emotionally-charged than a self-preservation creative, which is focused more on order. I imagine that Keirsey's Guardian Temperament was a loose interpretation of the so/sp stacking.
In general though, I think there's a strong element of duty within all forms of the social instinct. It's the recognition that we're not alone, and we desire to create social structures. I imagine most advocates of art within society are so/sx: at least as far as using it to enrich a society is concerned. If the sexual instinct focuses on creating fulfilment, I imagine that when it's second to social, much of its energy is used to create a more fulfilling, perfect society. It's a de-valuing of the focus on practicality that is self-preservation.
I notice a lot of people on this forum (and Personality Cafe) are sp/sx or sx/sp. It's something that I find strange, mainly because typology deals with a very human issue. In many ways, both Jung/Socionics and the Enneagram can be viewed as matrices that box humans into a grid of relative behaviours.
My understanding of the social instinct is as follows:
It's ultimately a desire to identify within societies or create them. I feel like socials are the intellectuals among the Enneagram, being generally more "sophisticated" in their interests. They are not necessarily the deepest thinkers, but I imagine fields such as comedy and debating are filled largely with social firsts. Possibly a large number of documentaries are made by social-firsts as well. Most university/college societies are headed by social-firsts.
I suppose that a sexual creative (secondary instinct) is typically going to be more idealistic and emotionally-charged than a self-preservation creative, which is focused more on order. I imagine that Keirsey's Guardian Temperament was a loose interpretation of the so/sp stacking.
In general though, I think there's a strong element of duty within all forms of the social instinct. It's the recognition that we're not alone, and we desire to create social structures. I imagine most advocates of art within society are so/sx: at least as far as using it to enrich a society is concerned. If the sexual instinct focuses on creating fulfilment, I imagine that when it's second to social, much of its energy is used to create a more fulfilling, perfect society. It's a de-valuing of the focus on practicality that is self-preservation.
You're now free to roast me alive.