By Dr. A.J. Drenth Don’t get me wrong, analyzing human personality through the lens of the eight cognitive functions is incredibly useful and interesting. But in some respects it’s only […]
How the 8 Functions Fit with the Enneagram
By Dr. A.J. Drenth In my post on MBTI-Enneagram correlations, I explore how the Myers-Briggs preferences and types tend to overlap with those of the Enneagram taxonomy. One thing I […]
Introverted Sensing (Si): The Inner Life of ISTJ & ISFJ Types
By Dr. A.J. Drenth I’ve already written a fair amount about Introverted Sensing (Si), both on Personality Junkie and in my books. But having recently revisited Lenore Thomson’s book, Personality […]
The Auxiliary Function: A Key to Growth, Identity & Life Purpose
By Dr. A.J. Drenth Each personality type is equipped with a dominant function which constitutes its signature strength. While we don’t know the degree to which the dominant’s abilities are […]
Intuition, Sensing & “The Good Life” (Personality & Ethics)
By Dr. A.J. Drenth What is the best way to live my life? What mode of living will maximize happiness and fulfillment? What role does personality type play in “the […]
Myers-Briggs Intuition (N) vs. Sensing (S): Key Differences
By Dr. A.J. Drenth One of the primary dichotomies in the Jungian personality taxonomy is intuition (N) vs. sensing (S). It is sometimes cast as a preference for the “big […]
“Function Roles”: The Core Purpose of 8 Functions
By Dr. A.J. Drenth In reflecting on Jung’s brilliant conception of the types, it’s tempting to imagine that everything came to him in a perfect storm of profound insight. However, […]
Introverted Thinking (Ti) & Extraverted Feeling (Fe) in TP Types
By Dr. A.J. Drenth Introverted Thinking (Ti) and Extraverted Feeling (Fe) comprise a single function pair. They are interdependent functions and always occur together in TP and FJ personality types. […]
Extraverted (Ne) & Introverted Intuition (Ni) as Inferior Functions
By Elaine Schallock This post was written as part of our “Ask Elaine” series. Jenna writes: I have read a lot about the inferior functions of intuitive types, which has […]
Interplay of the Introverted & Extroverted Functions: Part II
By Brent Meredith In a general sense, we can say that extroverted functions and introverted functions can be both good and bad for each other. On the positive side of […]
Interplay of Extroverted & Introverted Functions
By Brent Meredith Growing up under the tutelage of my ESTJ step-father was, at times, a confusing experience. Being an introverted-thinking (Ti)-dominant INTP, my most utilized function is often at […]
Personality Type, Eye Movements & the Functions (Ni, Ne, Fi, Ti, Se, Si, Fe, Te)
By Dr. A.J. Drenth Cognitive Type is a website that takes an intriguing approach to personality typing. Similar to our approach here at Personality Junkie®, those at Cognitive Type understand […]
Introverted Feeling (Fi) vs Introverted Thinking (Ti)
By Dr. A.J. Drenth It took me quite a long time to develop a clearer understanding of Introverted Feeling (Fi) vs Introverted Thinking (Ti). In this post, we will explore […]
Extraverted Feeling (Fe): A Closer Look
By Dr. A.J. Drenth Feeling types use their Feeling function to weigh, evaluate, and analyze their affective responses to the world. They generally experience greater saliency, variability, and diversity of […]
Type Aversions as an Aid to Self-Typing
By Dr. A.J. Drenth In my recent post, The Type Dynamics of Acceptance/Aversion, I introduced the notion that our degree of trust, acceptance, and understanding of other personality types rests, […]