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When is a function actually inferior in the set of four? And when is it considered 'underdeveloped'?
When is a function actually inferior in the set of four? And when is it considered 'underdeveloped'?
As it affects one ENTJ for underdeveloping or overdeveloping, my SE is quite high due to growing up in a large family who were dominating MBTI sensors.
It's inferior when it is number 4, the opposite of the primary. Don't get too bound up in the name though, the inferior can be very significant. To be function development is a comment on what you actually see in the real world. If the opperation of a function leads to a state that is psychologically unhealthy/weak, than that function is undeveloped. Being undeveloped does not change the fundamental nature of the function, only the way it is expressed.
Any of this is possible although my aux is pretty high too. Net result, through the roof Te and Ti with a gap to Ni and Ne with not much of a gap to SE but some distance to Si. Fi and Fe are both relatively insignificant, particularly Fe.MBTI mentions two types of underdevelopment:
1. Under development of the aux function and over development of the tert function. (From what I have observed this seems especially problematic when the inferior function is also poorly developed.)
2. Underdevelopment of the primary function and overdevelopment of the aux.
I havent seen this second version in real life. However-I dont watch many Doms who lead with a judging function-perhaps it is more evident in those populations?
For instance I could imagine a little Te dom being a fairly bull headed creature-but if raised in a family that forced them to conceal those decisive tendencies-perhaps they would underdevlop Te thus allowing it to be used more immaturely? Combined with the possibility that our ego seems to primarily reside in in the more subjective introverted functions, it would point to this pattern of underdevelopment being most common in Fe or Te doms.
It's inferior when it is number 4, the opposite of the primary. Don't get too bound up in the name though, the inferior can be very significant. To be function development is a comment on what you actually see in the real world. If the opperation of a function leads to a state that is psychologically unhealthy/weak, than that function is undeveloped. Being undeveloped does not change the fundamental nature of the function, only the way it is expressed.
I think I'm more introverted than usual, and find it hard to not to see both forms of extroverted judgement as my "inferior".
Actually I missed this last sentence the first time through. When I took my MBTI class the way the instructor described functional development was that to develop a function you actually have to use the function....if you dont use it it doesnt develop.
I took this to mean that functions dont simply become more expressed...but more...develop resolution and precision in how they are used. By using them you learn the mistakes they make and what to watch out for. Sophistication in usage. You learn to monitor them over time and you store collections of information about the results of using the function. But if you never use it....well it seems the base blueprint may be there...but when you use it you will be like a little kid using the function as you lack a usage history...
This isnt to say we dont, um, exhibit, microusage of functions that are not ours-like Ne doms maybe using a bit of Ni to fill in gaps and so on....
Hm, thanks everyone. I'm still a little confused. The under usage of a particular function would mean that is underdeveloped because of the lack of sophisticated use, but doesn't that lead to what the inferior may be. If it is suppressed in your subconscious, or not regularly used it would make it underdeveloped. I guess I don't see the difference between underdeveloped and inferior... It might be more that you could use the inferior function as much as the superior, but only use it towards certain circumstances? I mean to say that you don't attack a problem with it, however it is still used as often as the superior. So the function is inferior only as much as you use it, not it's actual processing power or range of usage.
I think this might also resolve my issue between insecurity of using the inferior function, because it doesn't mean the function is poor, just not how I immediatly solve a solution when it's introduced to me.
Not that surprising. The 5th is the weakest of the shadow functions. Thus the 4th and 5th can both be problematic. One of the obstacles is the poor differentiation of the two, which is to say the inferior and opposing functions aren't entirely seperated in the persons mind. The conciouse inferior is the one that is most pleasurable or rewarding, where as the shadow is a less satisfying mindset. However, the inferior is so foriegn to the primary, that the person often shyies away from it when it attitude is needed and they slip into the seemingly more palitable opposing function instead. Unfortunately, the shadow is no fun, so they quickly become tired of it and seek to return to doing things more in accord with the primary. The poor differentiation means they struggle to tell the two appart and both get written off as a bad job.
In my case, I think I have reasonably good Te, I just tend to disregard it in favor of dominant Ti. I think Te is probably the strongest of my four shadow functions. I'd say that for me, the weakest of the shadow functions is Se. I know that for INTPs that's the 7th function. I always thought the weakest function is supposedly the demonic or the 8th function, which I never fully understood either because I have reasonably good Fi as well.
The order has nothing to do with strength at all. So #8 doesn't have to be weakest, and it seems it hardly ever is. It can even be somewhat strong, from being the dominant's same-side brain alternative. the 5th function might also be strong, simply from being the opposite attitude "backup" of the dominant.In my case, I think I have reasonably good Te, I just tend to disregard it in favor of dominant Ti. I think Te is probably the strongest of my four shadow functions. I'd say that for me, the weakest of the shadow functions is Se. I know that for INTPs that's the 7th function. I always thought the weakest function is supposedly the demonic or the 8th function, which I never fully understood either because I have reasonably good Fi as well.
The order has nothing to do with strength at all. So #8 doesn't have to be weakest, and it seems it hardly ever is. It can even be somewhat strong, from being the dominant's same-side brain alternative. the 5th function might also be strong, simply from being the opposite attitude "backup" of the dominant.
The weakest is often 6,7, and in many people is even 3,4!