Guide to Jungian typology
From C. G. Jung's perspective, a type is neither a box nor a definitive identity. It is a hypothesis about the paths your energy and attention follow most easily — and about what may remain less developed.
Extroverted attitude
The initial reference tends to be the external world: people, events, tasks, and objective conditions. This does not mean being sociable all the time; it describes where consciousness looks for support to orient itself.
Introverted attitude
The initial reference tends to be the inner impression produced by experience. This is not the same as shyness; it means the response usually passes first through subjective processing.
The four functions of consciousness
Sensation and Intuition are perceiving functions: they show how something reaches consciousness. Thinking and Feeling are judging functions: they help decide what meaning or value to assign to what was perceived.
Perceives what exists here and now: facts, details, the body, matter, and concrete experience.
Perceives possibilities, patterns, and meanings still taking shape.
Evaluates through coherence, principles, and logical relationships.
Evaluates through value: what matters, connects, separates, or deserves care.
Dominant function
The function consciousness tends to use with greatest confidence. It offers competence and direction, but can become one-sided when it tries to solve everything alone.
Auxiliary function
The auxiliary broadens the dominant function's repertoire, helping a person not depend on a single way of encountering the world.
Inferior function
Opposite to the dominant and less available to conscious control. It can appear intensely under pressure, but also points toward development.
From theory to self-observation
The test offers a preliminary reading of attitude and dominant, auxiliary, and inferior functions. Use it as a starting point for reflection — never as a diagnosis or verdict.
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