Attitudes + Functions [BOOK]

extraverted thinking

thinking:

people rely heavily on concrete thoughts but use abstract ideas if transmitted from outside

extraverted thinking

thinking:

research scientists, mathematicians, engineers, accountants

extraverted thinking

thinking:

extreme results in ideas having no originality, only previously known facts

introverted thinking

thinking:

people react to external stimuli but interpretation uses more internal meaning than objective facts

introverted thinking

thinking:

Philosophers, theoretical scientists, some inventors

introverted thinking

thinking:

extreme result in unproductive mystical thoughts that are so individualized = useless to others

extraverted feeling

feeling:

use objective data to make evaluations

extraverted feeling

feeling:

guided by external values and widely accepted standards of judgment

extraverted feeling

feeling:

conform to social standards = appear artificial, shallow, and unreliable

extraverted feeling

feeling:

value judgments will have an easily detectable false ring

extraverted feeling

feeling:

Real estate appraisers, objective movie critics, business people or politicians

introverted feeling

feeling:

base their value judgments primarily on subjective perceptions rather than objective facts

introverted feeling

feeling:

Subjective movie critics, art appraisers,

critics of various art forms

introverted feeling

feeling:

making value judgments on the basis of subjective individualized data

introverted feeling

feeling:

have an individualized conscience, a taciturn demeanor, and an unfathomable psyche

introverted feeling

feeling:

ignore traditional opinions and beliefs

introverted feeling

feeling:

complete indifference to the objective world = make other people uncomfortable

extraverted sensing

sensing:

perceive external stimuli objectively, in much the same way that these stimuli exist in reality

extraverted sensing

sensing:

essential in sensory discriminations congruent with those of most people

extraverted sensing

sensing:

Wine tasters, proofreaders, popular musicians, house painters

introverted sensing

sensing:

largely influenced by their subjective sensations of human senses

introverted sensing

sensing:

guided by their interpretation of sense stimuli rather than the stimuli themselves

introverted sensing

sensing:

give a subjective interpretation to objective phenomena yet are able to communicate meaning to others

introverted sensing

sensing:

extreme = hallucinations or esoteric and incomprehensible speech

introverted sensing

sensing:

Artists, classical musicians

extraverted intuitive

intuiting:

inventors who must inhibit DISTRACTING sensory data

extraverted intuitive

intuiting:

merely perceive world subliminally bc strong sensory stimuli interferes with intuition

extraverted intuitive

intuiting:

guided by hunches and guesses contrary to sensory data

extraverted intuitive

intuiting:

Some inventors, religious reformers

introverted intuitive

intuiting:

guided by unconscious and subjective perception of facts and have little or no resemblance to external reality

introverted intuitive

intuiting:

often remarkably strong and capable of motivating decisions of monumental magnitude

introverted intuitive

intuiting:

mystics, prophets, surrealistic artists, religious fanatics

introverted intuitive

intuiting:

often appear peculiar to people of other types who have little comprehension of their motives

introverted intuitive

intuiting:

may not clearly understand their own motivations, yet they are deeply moved by them