Analytical Psychology - Psychological Types

Psychological Types

Analytical psychology distinguishes several psychological types or temperaments.

• Extravert (Jung's spelling is "extravert", which most dictionaries also use; the variant "extrovert" is not preferred)
• Introvert

According to Jung, the psyche is an apparatus for adaptation and orientation, and consists of a number of different psychic functions. Among these he distinguishes four basic functions:

• sensation - perception by means of the sense organs;
• intuition - perceiving in unconscious way or perception of unconscious contents.
• thinking - function of intellectual cognition; the forming of logical conclusions;
• feeling - function of subjective estimation;

Thinking and feeling functions are rational, while sensation and intuition are nonrational.

See also: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Socionics