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Extraverted Sensing, or Se, 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 Extraverted Sensing (Se) is the fifth installment of this series. If you want to read the previous ones, check out Exploring Extraverted Intuition […]

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Extraverted Thinking, or Te, 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 Extraverted Thinking (Te) is the fourth installment of this series. If you want to read the previous ones, check out Exploring Extraverted Intuition […]

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Exploring the inferior functions, like inferior Si vs inferior Ni is a great way to approach discovering your own type, if looking at the dominant and auxiliary functions is failing you. I have seen so many people question if they are a Ne dominant (ENFP/ENTP) or a Se dominant (ESFP/ESTP). We have written an article […]

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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, […]