Magic Poriferan
^He pronks, too!
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This thread is about some of what I consider to be important analytical findings I've made about the structure of the cognitive types. Many or all of them may also be known to some other users here, but I write this because I find that the majority is almost surely not acquainted with some of these ideas, or possibly any of them, and this is my best effort to say it all.
What follows is partly mashed together out of things I have previously written on this forum and elswhere, collecting into this thread, as well as news things I've written just for this purpose.
This is a multiple OP thread, and it's gonna be loooong, so keep that in mind.
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So I'm going to start with various different ways to divide the types based on their dominant and auxiliary cognitive processes. In all of these cases I'm going to be dividing the 16 types into 4 groups, so there are no dichotomous or octotomous groupings in this list. Two groups is too obvious to need to dissect, eight groups is so small as to be almost pointless. This is likely why groups of four is by far the most popular way of dividing the types.
There have been previous threads, many such threads, where people have suggested a different way to group the types. In this case, I try to be as comprehensive as I can with the different ways to groups in fours, and I give some explanations about the patterns involved between the different types within each group.
I originally wrote it for myself and not public consumption, so it won't be the nicest thing you've seen, but here at last is the list.
[If you want, you can skip this inventory and move on to the next posts, but they will make some reference to this]
Attitude based quadrants.
1st letter and 4th letter: X__X
EP, EJ, IP, IJ.
EP: NeTi, NeFi, SeTi, SeFi.
EJ: TeNi, FeNi, TeSi, FeSi.
IP: TiNe, FiNe, TiSe, FiSe.
IJ: NiTe, NiFe, SiTe, SiFe.
Pattern: All types within a X__X group have the same preference for Extraversion and Introversion, and Judgement and Perception. For example, as shown above
, all EPs use a form of Pe first and Ji second. All IPs use a form of Ji first and Pe second.
4 different processes within each quadrant.
4 different functions within each quadrant.
1 E/I order.
1 J/P order.
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Function based quadrants.
2nd letter and 3rd letter: _XX_
NT, NF, ST, SF.
NT: TiNe, NeTi, TeNi, NiTe.
NF: FiNe, NeFi, FeNi, NiFe.
ST: TiSe, SeTi, TeSi, SiTe.
SF: FiSe, SeFi, FeSi, SiFe.
Pattern: All types within a _XX_ group have the same perceiving function and the same Judging function. For example, as shown above, all NTs use a form of
N and a form of T. All SFs use a form of S and F.
4 different processes within each quadrant.
2 different functions within each quadrant.
2 different E/I orders.
2 different J/P orders.
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Perception process based quadrants.
2nd letter and 4th letter: _X_X
NJ, SJ, NP, SP.
NJ: NiTe, NiFe, TeNi, FeNi.
SJ: SiTe, SiFe, TeSi, FeSi.
NP: NeTi, NeFi, TiNe, FiNe
SP: SeTi, SeFi, TiSe, FiSe.
Pattern: All types within a _X_X group use a certain, exact perceiving process, and a judging process of the opposite attitude. For example, as shown above,
all NJs use Ni and some form of Je. All SPs use Se and some form of Ji.
3 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
2 different E/I orders.
2 different J/P orders.
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Judgement process based quadrants.
3rd letter and 4th letter: __XX
TJ, FJ, TP, FP.
TJ: TeNi, TeSi, NiTe, SiTe.
FJ: FeNi, FeSi, NiFe, SiFe.
TP: TiNe, TiSe, NeTi, SeTi.
FP: FiNe, FiSe, NeFi, SeFi.
Pattern: All types within a __XX group use a certain, exact judging process, and a perceiving process of the opposite attitude. For example, as shown above,
all TJs use Te and some form of Pi. All FPs use Fi and some for of Pe.
3 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
2 different E/I orders.
2 different J/P orders.
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Perception/-version based quadrants.
1st letter and 2nd letter: XX__
EN, ES, IN, IS.
EN: NeTi, NeFi, TeNi, FeNi.
ES: SeTi, SeFi, TeSi, FeSi.
IN: NiTe, NiFe, TiNe, FiNe.
IS: SiTe, SiFe, TiSe, FiSe.
Pattern: All types within a XX__ group use the same perceiving function, and have the same preference for Introversion and Extraversion. For example, as
shown above, all ENs use an Extraverted process first, and some form of N. All ISs use an Introverted process first, and some form of S.
6 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
1 E/I order.
2 different J/P orders.
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Judgement/-version based quadrants.
1st letter and 3rd letter: X_X_
ET, EF, IT, IF.
ET: TeNi, TeSi, NeTi, SeTi.
EF: FeNi, FeSi, NeFi, SeFi.
IT: TiNe, TiSe, NiTe, SiTe
IF: FiNe, FiSe, NiFe, SiFe.
Pattern: All types in a X_X_ group use the same judging function, and have the same preference for Introversion and Extraversion. For examples, as shown
above, all ETs use and Extraverted proces first, and some form of T. All IFs use an Introverted process first, and some form of F.
6 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
1 E/I order.
2 different J/P orders.
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Secondary Function based quadrants.
All but one letter appears. (this group has more than two letter variations between members in the code label)
No F, No T, No S, No N.
No F: NeTi, NiTe, SeTi, SiTe.
No T: NeFi, NiFe, SeFi, SiFe.
No S: TeNi, TiNe, FeNi, FiNe.
No N: TeSi, TiSe, FeSi, FiSe.
Pattern: all types in this group have the same preference order for judgment and perception, and use the same secondary function.
6 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
2 different E/I orders.
1 J/P order.
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Primary Function based quadrants. (this group has more than two letter variations between members)
No T: FeNi, FiNe, FeSi, FiSe.
No F: TeNi, TiNe, TeSi, TiSe.
No S: NeTi, NiTe, NeFi, NiFe.
No N: SeTi, SiTe, SeFi, SiFe
Pattern: all types in this group have the same preference order for judgment and perception, and use the same primary function.
6 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
2 different E/I orders.
1 J/P order.
____________________________
Moving on into the next post, I will begin discussing the relational differences of particular type groupings.
What follows is partly mashed together out of things I have previously written on this forum and elswhere, collecting into this thread, as well as news things I've written just for this purpose.
This is a multiple OP thread, and it's gonna be loooong, so keep that in mind.
____________________________
So I'm going to start with various different ways to divide the types based on their dominant and auxiliary cognitive processes. In all of these cases I'm going to be dividing the 16 types into 4 groups, so there are no dichotomous or octotomous groupings in this list. Two groups is too obvious to need to dissect, eight groups is so small as to be almost pointless. This is likely why groups of four is by far the most popular way of dividing the types.
There have been previous threads, many such threads, where people have suggested a different way to group the types. In this case, I try to be as comprehensive as I can with the different ways to groups in fours, and I give some explanations about the patterns involved between the different types within each group.
I originally wrote it for myself and not public consumption, so it won't be the nicest thing you've seen, but here at last is the list.
[If you want, you can skip this inventory and move on to the next posts, but they will make some reference to this]
Attitude based quadrants.
1st letter and 4th letter: X__X
EP, EJ, IP, IJ.
EP: NeTi, NeFi, SeTi, SeFi.
EJ: TeNi, FeNi, TeSi, FeSi.
IP: TiNe, FiNe, TiSe, FiSe.
IJ: NiTe, NiFe, SiTe, SiFe.
Pattern: All types within a X__X group have the same preference for Extraversion and Introversion, and Judgement and Perception. For example, as shown above
, all EPs use a form of Pe first and Ji second. All IPs use a form of Ji first and Pe second.
4 different processes within each quadrant.
4 different functions within each quadrant.
1 E/I order.
1 J/P order.
----------------------------------
Function based quadrants.
2nd letter and 3rd letter: _XX_
NT, NF, ST, SF.
NT: TiNe, NeTi, TeNi, NiTe.
NF: FiNe, NeFi, FeNi, NiFe.
ST: TiSe, SeTi, TeSi, SiTe.
SF: FiSe, SeFi, FeSi, SiFe.
Pattern: All types within a _XX_ group have the same perceiving function and the same Judging function. For example, as shown above, all NTs use a form of
N and a form of T. All SFs use a form of S and F.
4 different processes within each quadrant.
2 different functions within each quadrant.
2 different E/I orders.
2 different J/P orders.
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Perception process based quadrants.
2nd letter and 4th letter: _X_X
NJ, SJ, NP, SP.
NJ: NiTe, NiFe, TeNi, FeNi.
SJ: SiTe, SiFe, TeSi, FeSi.
NP: NeTi, NeFi, TiNe, FiNe
SP: SeTi, SeFi, TiSe, FiSe.
Pattern: All types within a _X_X group use a certain, exact perceiving process, and a judging process of the opposite attitude. For example, as shown above,
all NJs use Ni and some form of Je. All SPs use Se and some form of Ji.
3 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
2 different E/I orders.
2 different J/P orders.
----------------------------------
Judgement process based quadrants.
3rd letter and 4th letter: __XX
TJ, FJ, TP, FP.
TJ: TeNi, TeSi, NiTe, SiTe.
FJ: FeNi, FeSi, NiFe, SiFe.
TP: TiNe, TiSe, NeTi, SeTi.
FP: FiNe, FiSe, NeFi, SeFi.
Pattern: All types within a __XX group use a certain, exact judging process, and a perceiving process of the opposite attitude. For example, as shown above,
all TJs use Te and some form of Pi. All FPs use Fi and some for of Pe.
3 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
2 different E/I orders.
2 different J/P orders.
----------------------------------
Perception/-version based quadrants.
1st letter and 2nd letter: XX__
EN, ES, IN, IS.
EN: NeTi, NeFi, TeNi, FeNi.
ES: SeTi, SeFi, TeSi, FeSi.
IN: NiTe, NiFe, TiNe, FiNe.
IS: SiTe, SiFe, TiSe, FiSe.
Pattern: All types within a XX__ group use the same perceiving function, and have the same preference for Introversion and Extraversion. For example, as
shown above, all ENs use an Extraverted process first, and some form of N. All ISs use an Introverted process first, and some form of S.
6 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
1 E/I order.
2 different J/P orders.
----------------------------------
Judgement/-version based quadrants.
1st letter and 3rd letter: X_X_
ET, EF, IT, IF.
ET: TeNi, TeSi, NeTi, SeTi.
EF: FeNi, FeSi, NeFi, SeFi.
IT: TiNe, TiSe, NiTe, SiTe
IF: FiNe, FiSe, NiFe, SiFe.
Pattern: All types in a X_X_ group use the same judging function, and have the same preference for Introversion and Extraversion. For examples, as shown
above, all ETs use and Extraverted proces first, and some form of T. All IFs use an Introverted process first, and some form of F.
6 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
1 E/I order.
2 different J/P orders.
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Secondary Function based quadrants.
All but one letter appears. (this group has more than two letter variations between members in the code label)
No F, No T, No S, No N.
No F: NeTi, NiTe, SeTi, SiTe.
No T: NeFi, NiFe, SeFi, SiFe.
No S: TeNi, TiNe, FeNi, FiNe.
No N: TeSi, TiSe, FeSi, FiSe.
Pattern: all types in this group have the same preference order for judgment and perception, and use the same secondary function.
6 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
2 different E/I orders.
1 J/P order.
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Primary Function based quadrants. (this group has more than two letter variations between members)
No T: FeNi, FiNe, FeSi, FiSe.
No F: TeNi, TiNe, TeSi, TiSe.
No S: NeTi, NiTe, NeFi, NiFe.
No N: SeTi, SiTe, SeFi, SiFe
Pattern: all types in this group have the same preference order for judgment and perception, and use the same primary function.
6 different processes within each quadrant.
3 different functions within each quadrant.
2 different E/I orders.
1 J/P order.
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Moving on into the next post, I will begin discussing the relational differences of particular type groupings.
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