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Exploring the inferior functions, like inferior Te vs inferior Fe, is a great way to approach discovering your own type, if looking at the dominant and auxiliary functions is failing you. I often see people question whether they are a Fi dominant (INFP/ISFP) or a Ti dominant (INTP/ISTP), which is a dilemma we have written […]

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Comparing inferior functions, like inferior Se and inferior Ne, can be a surprisingly helpful way to resolve personality type dilemmas. While perusing typology communities, I often see people question if they’re an INFJ or an ISFJ, or similarly, an INTJ or an ISTJ. Even among those who’ve already settled on one of the Ni dominants […]

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Introverted Sensing, or Si, is one of the eight cognitive functions laid out by Carl Jung. The cognitive functions are the basic building blocks for each of the 16 personality types. Exploring Introverted Sensing (Si) is the third installment of this series. If you want to read the previous ones, check out Exploring Extraverted Intuition […]

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Extraverted Intuition, or Ne, is one of the eight cognitive functions laid out by Carl Jung. The cognitive functions are the basic building blocks for each of the 16 personality types. Here at Practical Typing, we have always had brief cognitive function overviews, but I recently decided to take the time to write in depth, […]

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Extraverted Feeling, or Fe, is one of the eight cognitive functions laid out by Carl Jung. The cognitive functions are the basic building blocks for each of the 16 personality types. It occurred to me recently, that while we (Practical Typing) have brief cognitive function overviews, we haven’t taken the time to write an in […]

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In this article, I want to focus on a negative attribute, or perhaps more accurately, a downside of Introverted Thinking via an example from my life. Personally, I think people’s negatives are more telling. Positive descriptions are often too easy to relate to. We all want to see ourselves through a positive lens, or emulate […]

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I came across an amusing inferior Se grip example the other day, while watching a television show. Since inferior functions are often a subject of interest, I thought I’d share. So many people look to their inferior function to finally settle their personality type confusion. After all, if you can’t settle on your dominant function, […]

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Recently, I was working on another article about INFPs which touched on the INFP (Fi-Si) loop, and I kept trying to go into way more detail than was necessary for that specific article. (If only I’d realized sooner that an INFP development article really doesn’t require an in-depth loop explanation.) After struggling for way too […]

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In the past, I’ve put significant effort into explaining inferior Fe in a personalized way, which isn’t exactly an easy or natural thing for me. However, I did realize at a certain point that sometimes inferior Fe gets generally confused with social anxiety. (A lot of people can relate to some general insecurities that inferior […]

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The longer I study personality theory, the more I begin to notice flawed ways in which certain cognitive functions are rationalized and/or explained. Sometimes the rationale seems to make sense on the surface, but ultimately doesn’t measure up to reality. My focus in this article will be on a specific misunderstanding regarding Fi vs. Fe. […]