BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie

The Introverted Intuition Type - is directed inward to the contents
of the unconscious. It attempts to fathom internal events by relating them
to universal psychological processes or to other archetypal images.
Consequently it generally has a mythical, symbolic or prophetic quality.
Such a person has a visionary ideal that reveals strange,
mysterious things. These are enigmatic, 'unearthly' people who stand aloof
from ordinary society. They have little interest in explaining or
rationalizing their personal vision, but are content merely to proclaim it.
Partly as a result of this, they are often misunderstood. Although
the vision of the artist among this type generally remains on the purely
perceptual level, mystical dreamers or cranks may become caught up in
theirs. The person's life then becomes symbolic, taking on the nature of a
Great Work, mission or spiritual-moral quest.
If neurotic, repressed sensation may express itself in primitive,
instinctual ways and, like their extraverted counterparts, introverted
intuitive often suffers from hypochondria and compulsions.
The Extraverted Thinking Type - is driven by the objective
evidence of the senses or by objective (collective) ideas that derive from
tradition or learning. Thinking is never carried out for its own sake, merely
as some private, subjective enterprise.
The extraverted thinking type bases all actions on the intellectual
analysis of objective data. Such people live by a general intellectual
formula or universal moral code, founded upon abstract notions of truth or
justice. They also expect other people to recognize and obey this formula.
This type represses the feeling function (e.g., sentimental attachments,
friendships, religious devotion) and may also neglect personal interests
such as their own health or financial well-being.
If extreme or neurotic, they may become petty, bigoted, tyrannical
or hostile towards those who would threaten their formula. Alternatively,
repressed tendencies may burst out in various kinds of personal
'immorality' (e.g., self-seeking, sexual misdemeanors, fraud or deception).
The Introverted Thinking Type - is contemplative, involving an
inner play of ideas. It is thinking for its own sake and is always directed
inward to subjective ideas and personal convictions rather than outward to
practical outcomes. The introverted thinking type tends to be impractical
and indifferent to objective concerns. These persons usually avoid notice
and may seem cold, arrogant and taciturn.
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