Ne vs. Ni: A Simplistic Example
This article is going to be more of a story than an actual technical article, but the story does show a reasonably good example of simplistic Ne vs. Ni. It’s in these simplistic examples that we can more easily break down how each function is actually operating because it’s easy to wrap your head around […]
By Ryan on November 7, 2019Function Levels: High Vs. Low Use
People make varying speculations on the difference between a function in its dominant, auxiliary, tertiary and inferior positions. They have this tendency to attribute negative behaviors of a certain function to purely the lower users, since they should have weaker use. They like to assume that those with higher use of function will nearly always […]
By Mara on October 15, 20194 Reasons Why ISTJs Mistype As INTJs
ISTJs frequently mistype as INTJs. As per usual, it’s the stereotypes and the general intuitive bias that cause this. Personally, I’ve noticed that within the MBTI and personality enthusiast communities, the Si doms (ISTJ or ISFJ) seems to be the most hated on. It’s not necessarily done on purpose, but just reading the different descriptions, […]
By Mara on October 8, 2019The Inferior Functions: An Overview
Inferior functions play a key role in how each personality type manifests. One’s inferior function is their greatest weakness, their greatest insecurity, their greatest source of stress, or their life long stumbling block. In this article, I’m only going to provide a relatively brief and succinct overview of each inferior function. For more indepth information, […]
By Mara on September 17, 2019Explaining Introverted Intuition (Ni) Tunnel Vision
People throw around the comments about how a weakness of Ni, or Introverted Intuition, is tunnel vision, but do you ever wonder why that is? Well, explaining the logic or theory behind the common MBTI stereotypes is something this blog is about, so I’m going to explain. I’m sure I’ve mentioned it briefly in other […]
By Mara on August 30, 2019The Identity Functions: Fi and Ti
A YouTuber gave me a lightbulb moment the other day. It was just a brief side note in the video, so I can’t remember the exact video, but it was by Frank James who talks primarily about INFJs. His knowledge of function theory seems pretty on point. I’d post a link to the specific video […]
By Mara on August 9, 2019Comparing Te Users: Masterminding Plans
Ryan and I were having an interesting conversation about Te the other day, so I thought I’d try to get some of the thoughts we produced into writing. I’m not exactly sure what I’m going to call this, but hopefully something adequate will come to me by the time I reach the end of this […]
By Mara on August 2, 2019The Past Affects Every Type
Personality theory enthusiasts, even the experienced ones, have this tendency to get lost in weeds. We over analyze everything, attempting to attribute every action or thought to one of the eight functions. In doing so, we essentially drown in a vast sea of function theory, and begin to lose sight of some basic facts, which […]
By Mara on May 21, 2019The Cognitive Functions In Each Position: Ti and Fe
The cognitive functions, Ti and Fe, manifest differently depending on which position they hold within the function stack. In this post, I want to go over the Ti-Fe/Fe-Ti cognitive function pairs. We will go over each of the combinations and how the different positions change their role and effect on each personality type. Delving into […]
By Ryan on March 22, 2019Si vs. Ni: 5 Main Differences
It would be really easy to start talking about the stereotypical differences of Ni vs Si: how Ni users are the visionaries and Si users are the traditionalists as many articles do, but both of these statements would be misleading. Sure, Ni users will have a vision for their own personal future, but that’s a […]
By Mara on March 12, 2019