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 SocionicsRead more about this topic: Connie Zweig
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