Model A description

Axes

A primer on the way I see Model A: Below I describe the individual qualities of each function. But I think it's most useful to look at functional pairs or axes, such as Te/Ti in tandem, etc (as in my element descriptions). The way I think this plays out in model A is this: Each person prefers to view reality from one point of view rather than the other, for instance the LII prefers to use Ti to interpret logical information according to its structural foundations and has very little attention to its accuracy, usefulness, or quantity of evidence. Each axis is lopsided in this way, but some of the axes are lopsided more than others and with different characteristics.

Primary axis: The base function is unambiguously in charge of interpreting information on this axis and the ignoring function is not attended at all.

Creative axis: The creative function is the preferred way of interpreting this dimension of information, but ambiguously, both the creative and demonstrative functions are attended to considerably.

Vulnerable axis: This axis is more similar to the leading axis; the mobilizing function is in charge and the vulnerable function is not attended at all. But the mobilizing function is "bad at it's job." See the discussions of the super-id block below.

Suggestive axis: Here, the function typically more attended is the role function, which is the true "super-ego" of the psyche. The suggestive function should be in charge, but its so "bad at its job" that it isn't. Consequently there is a component of ambiguity in this axis also -- the role function cannot ever truly be in charge because of the suggestive function's privileged role in the psyche.

Functions in Model A

Base function

Also known as the program function, dominant function, leading function.

The base function is the function most intimately tied to the psyche of a person. The IM element corresponding to the base function can be conceptualized as the person's main cognitive filter, or lens, through which they view and interpret all of the experiences in their life. It is the primary type of information to which they are attuned, and the aspect of their experience which they are often most comfortable discussing, making inferences about, etc. Many people also have a tendency to assume that attention to one's base function is something that merely comes naturally to all people, and that "most people are like that."

Creative function

The creative function is a lens that is an important life emphasis which is not always on. The base function, by contrast, is always on -- the base function is a lens that drives everything a person sees and innately skews their perception of the world. The creative function can skew perception, and is a very conscious orientation and goal, but situationally, from time to time, it can be overlooked.

Role function

The role function is, perhaps moreso than the vulnerable function, the true "super-ego" of a person. Most people tend to be moderately aware of the information addressed by their role function, and at least somewhat actively concerned with managing that aspect of their life. At the same time, when evaluation information dealing with the role function is a concern, it is typically a secondary concern at best, and is likely somewhat limited in scope. Often these concerns mirror the idea of a "super-ego;" that is, situations that people are concerned with as something that they "should" do, or that they feel others expect them to do, rather than something they would do from their intrinsic motivations. The predominant way of evaluating the world around oneself is the base function, which actively prevents the role function's concerns from being fully realized, or even framed in the correct perspective (as any concerns related to the role function are automatically perceived through the lens of its exact opposite.)

For example, an role type might have some awareness that he is not fun, engaging, and comes across as somewhat too blunt and that this might cause him some problems professionally, but can only make mechanical and formulaic adjustments rather than really feel innately the way that he might be expected to act.

An role type might have some concern for the comfort and correct operation of their physical environment, but despite understanding the need to attend to their physical environment at heart always have an attitude of internal disinterest towards and little motivation to tend to their physical surroundings. And so on.

In practice role can be a blind spot of one's primary focus in life, and in the outward messages of one's life work likely to be neglected.

Vulnerable function

Also known as the point of least resistance (or "polr), sensitive function

The vulnerable function is the least valued function in the psyche. The vulnerable function represents an aspect of reality that is ignored, either willfully or out of sheer ignorance. It is best conceptualized as the life focus that makes you ask "Why on earth would anyone care about that?" The expression of the vulnerable function can range from blissful ignorance of the use or emphasis of this function, to a very contentious rejection of this program of life values.

It is unnvering to individuals to be expected to make use of their vulnerable function in settings where it is required of them, and unnerving to others who value the expression of that function when their interactants blithely ignore it. In some cases, the differences in values epitomized by the non-expression and lack of valuation of the vulnerable function can be the source of substantial personal, cultural, social, or ideological conflict.

For instance, an individual with as a vulnerable function might be inherently unaware of the value of experiencing his own emotional responses, and may see no need at all to speak about or reflect on and manage their emotional responses to a situation -- which may be highly unsettling to -valuing types that might expect this behavior.

The concept of a "polr hit" does not fully make sense as it is conventionally described as a paralytic response to criticism in the vulnerable function. In fact, quite often people are not at all sensitive to criticism in the area of their vulnerable function. Instead, criticism in this domain is often seen as misguided or irrelevant, or the criticism is not fully understood or appreciated. Sometimes, people feel poorly about having incited disappointment in others by not using the vulnerable function when they were expected to -- along these lines, a "polr hit" best refers to the sudden realization that one was expected to make use of his or her vulnerable function, but had not been previously cognizant that other people would care about it. Some types are more susceptible to feelings of remorse for failing to meet others' expectations, and not all types experience this to an equal degree.

It is worth noting here that, moreso than any other subject in socionics, my views on the character of the vulnerable function represent a sharp divergence from classical socionics. In classical socionics, the vulnerable function is described as a sore spot, highly sensitive to criticism and disliked by the subject whenever it is the focus of attention. I think that this is wrong, the function is perhaps disliked whenever it is the focus of attention but this is due to being a blind spot and not a sore spot, whereas Augusta clearly says it is a sore spot. Not to get into a long discussion here, but in my opinion this is the *only* really significant divergence my interpretation of socionics from classical socionics. In my opinion, the classical socionics interpretation of the vulnerable function as a sore spot is untenable and inconsistent with my observations.

Suggestive function

Also known as the dual-seeking function.

The suggestive function is the function in the psyche that underlies a person's insecurities, uncertainties, and fundamental psychological needs. The suggestive function can be immensely variable in its expression. In a basic way, people are primarily unaware of their suggestive functions. Most conventional descriptions of the suggestive function describe it as a domain which people are incapable of producing for themselves, but look for in others, and unconsciously expect others to supply in their interactions in the social world. Substituting my own views for that of the conventional literature -- that is not true; that is, it is entirely possible for people to produce their suggestive function themselves, though to do so tends to require what effectively amounts to laborious spiritual betterment.

The suggestive function is more simply a lens through which people have enormous difficulty perceiving the world; often people are instinctively unaware of the alternate explanations for others' behavior as related to the information in the suggestive function. In reality, however, many interactions and quadra values dispositions are characterized by use of the suggestive function, and it can also be a sort of doorway by which people newly (and perhaps obsessively) see the world in a different light.

More deeply in the psyche, however, the suggestive function is undernurtured rather than painful. While it is often useful to conceptualize the suggestive function as a painful lens viewed with difficulty, this isn't exactly true. What the suggestive function is is really a lifelong function of growth that starts out undernurtured and unattended. But, when it emerges, it is not because of outside impetus -- maybe something else had something to do with its emergence -- but it is very important to remember that the orientation to the suggestive function existed all along, it merely needed time and space to grow.

Becoming more aware of and skilled in the use of one's suggestive function can be part of a process of growth and acceptance of one's insecurities. However, excessive use of the suggestive function can also come across as excessive, over-the-top, and annoying, especially to those that don't value the function. The phenomenon is similar to how one's obsessions can come across as annoying to others.

Mobilizing function

Also known as the estimative function, or the hidden agenda, nomenclature introduced by Sergei Ganin, but this name is misleading and I do not use it.

The estimative function is a lot like the suggestive function, in the sense that it is a point of growth that is highly valued and essentially painfully disattended. However, it is less of all these things; it is more towards the surface, more accessible, and of less catalysmic psychological importance.

The suggestive function is seen in the classical literature as something that cannot be produced by the self and instead as something that is "sought" in a dual or other relation. While this isn't necessarily completely true, it's a useful abstraction for understanding the estimative function. In contrast to being sought out and not actively attended to by oneself, which is how the suggestive function at least can go, the estimative function is more like something that is actively produced by the self, and perhaps guided later if necessary. Because it is produced by the self, and still painful -- more painful than ego functions, for instance -- there is often a quality of stubbornness towards ones evaluations from the suggestive function; as in the unwavering and immovable character judgments of estimatives, or the immovable ideological judgments of estimatives, and so forth (see expat's essay on the pathetic hidden agenda -- I will try get a copy of it at some point and put it on this blog).

Like the suggestive function, the estimative function is a point of growth that may not be very present early in life, and may be a life focus adopted somewhere in between. However, even so it is more conscious and more on the surface when not emphasized than the suggestive function.

Ignoring function

This function is the second-least valued function in model A, second to the vulnerable function. It is typically the function that one cannot bring oneself to care about or use, and results in boredom and disinterest when people are forced to use it. People may try to avoid placing themselves in situations or environments that call for this function.

If the vulnerable function constitutes an "active" or "conscious" rejection of a certain form of information exchange, the ignoring function consistutes a "passive" or "unconscious" such rejection -- one out of sheer disinterest and apathy rather than conscientious devaluation. In this way, the ignoring function is actually less in conscious view, and less utilized, than the vulnerable function, in my opinion.

Demonstrative function

The demonstrative function, a lot like the role function, is a sort of partial life value. It's easy to reason about the demonstrative function and very easy to engage and pay attention to in the right circumstances, but inasmuch as it flies in the face of one's more pressing values in the creative function, it is easy to discard. That said, the polarity between the base and ignoring function favors the base function orientation unambiguously; the polarity between the creative and demonstrative function is ambiguous. Although when one looks the beneath the surface the quadra-favored orientation is clearly the driving value and the demonstrative a dismissable value, it isn't always easy to see that.

IEE description

Dominant extroverted intuition

IEEs are predominantly motivated by their feelings of interest and boredom. They are attracted to novel ideas, unusual or peculiar goings-on in day-to day life, and new experiences. They may have a tendency to frequently engage themselves in novel life "projects," which can and often consist of novel concepts or fields of thought, new activities, and new lifestyles (this list is not all-inclusive). These types of projects often take the form of activities that are uncommon, concepts that are unknown or avocations that have not been done or tried before. Regardless of the nature of their interests, they often have a tendency to try to accumulate as much knowledge about the field as they can, and sometimes to improve the field by finding new ways of conceptually framing its basic principles (needs an example). Eventually, once there is nothing left to discover, or when they simply become bored, they will follow their curiosity and find a new topic of interest.

Many IEEs require a certain degree of freedom from obligation in order to do their work and pursue their sometimes idiosyncratic interests, to the point where they may dramatically eschew conventional lifestyles. Some IEEs may have an irrational dread of working at a desk job or an office where they do not have the opportunity to pursue their whimsical hobbies. However, they often overestimate the torturous ordeal of having to perform specific chores that are not in line with their interests, and many IEEs that are acclimated to the reality of their obligations may not share this trepidation at having to fulfill them.

IEEs are often spontaneous and sometimes quite distractible individuals whose natural energy level leads them to be working on something or doing something most of the time (in contrast to Ni dominant types whose natural state is one of inertia and contemplation). However their work is often periodic in nature rather and tends to be on whatever projects they have involved themselves in at the moment, or whatever they are interested in doing at the moment, rather than a consistent schedule or routine. Many IEEs routinely have spur-of-the-moment ideas or curiosities, and may be inclined to look up random information or do arbitrary things that have occurred to them in lieu of whatever they might have been working on previously.

IEEs, perhaps more than any other type, often have a tendency to seek out multiple perspectives and viewpoints on controversial matters. They are rarely tied down to any particular ideology and often have an implicit sense of faith that others are as intellectually open as they are. IEEs frequently have a innately optimistic disposition (despite how bleak they perceive the facts of any situation to be), and often earnestly believe in the value of a process of thorough, respectful, and politically correct discussion of controversial matters, and often that through a such due process of formal exposition of viewpoints, most reasonable people will come to a consensus as to the essential facts and truth of the debate.

IEEs often tend to mentalize and verbalize matters of personal development, individual qualities, and significant personal experiences, and often develop connections best with others through disucssing matters of personal development that are close at heart to them. They may have a sort of innate tendency to spontaneously try to help others find an appropriate outlet for their particular talents, focusing on the potential positive aspects of their character; they may become engrossed over what people might become rather than what they are currently, and thus have a tendency to be able to see the positive side of everyone.

Creative introverted ethics

At first glance, IEEs are usually friendly, propitious and accepting people. They often enjoy interacting and learning from all types of people and tend to enjoy cultivating a sincere atmosphere of passive good will, where others can feel comfortable and accepted for who they are.

Like SEEs, IEEs are usually aware of and highly influenced by their emotional responses towards other people, things, or situations, but unlike SEEs they are less likely to be driven by their emotional reactions quite as viscerally; instead, their emotions are more likely to drive them to be a bit avoidant. They are often disturbed by conflict or aggression, and rather than espousing a confrontational or accusatory attitude, when possible they often prefer to politely smile and avoid being drawn into contentious arguments. They may be also somewhat fettered by and avoidant of situations replete with feelings of social awkwardness or situations in which their autonomy over their activities or choices is threatened.

They may be inclined to keep track of a large network of social acquaintances with whom they feel a significant connection. Many IEEs share a common pattern in that for them mental stimulation is often interpersonal; they may extensively enjoy interacting with many different people and find a situation boring if there are no interesting people with whom to engage in conversation. They are typically more oriented towards building relationships than maintaining them, and can seem somewhat transient and sporadic in their presence, but they may see the role of building their relationships as principal in their lives.

However, for all that IEEs focus on collaborating and building relationships, they are nonetheless internally independent and sometimes unwilling to develop connections with people in such a way that would restrict their ability to follow their own interests. As a result, for all the connections they have built, they may sometimes feel that they are not sharing the important things in their life. IEEs choose their own interests and have a somewhat hands-off approach towards what other people choose to do. It can be a point of growth for IEEs to be able to impose themselves just enough so as to include others in their interests and activities.

Role extroverted sensation

IEEs are able to focus themselves on matters of willpower and can be resolutely focused on achieving goals, but they have a somewhat philosophical attitude towards goal-oriented behavior and material pursuits. They are capable of being drawn to exhibiting aggression and sometimes feel it necessary to act in a territorial and confrontational way (especially in unfamiliar situations where they feel threatened by others' expectations), but usually tend to avoid aggressive or confrontational behavior and are more often drawn to more informal environments where they can express their frivolity, spontaneity, and engage others. They are typically difficult to anger and prefer relaxed and non-confrontational environments to competitively charged ones.

IEEs are usually not very materialistic and are rarely motivated by or attached to material possessions. They are much more deeply driven by their peripatetic interests, and by their relationships with other individuals.

Vulnerable introverted logic

IEEs are inclined to be sensitive to and to reject in their lifestyle societal or social rules that limit their freedom to expand into whatever interest draws their attention. IEEs may feel as though they require complete autonomy over their life circumstances, and may expect the ability to lead a lifestyle that would afford them the ability to move to China at a moment's notice. They are inclined to avoid structuring their lives much and are especially mindful of rules and regulations that they believe might limit their future actions.

IEEs can express contemptuous attitudes towards individuals who they perceive as narrowly focused on the world, without taking an appropriately multiperspectival approach. With Ne + Fi values, IEEs are inclined to be principally forgiving of others -- concerning themselves more with considering the possible causes for others' misdeeds than with condemnation. Though not normally deeply irritable people, IEEs can become suprisingly irritable when dealing with people that flagrantly reject the multiperspectivality which they find obvious -- people who narrowly focus on essential facts without taking contexts into consideration, or people who have strict and unbending viewpoints on everything.

Suggestive introverted sensation

IEEs are neglectful of their inner needs. Stereotypically, this deficit is described with the somewhat hackneyed idea that as Si suggestives fail to notice when they are hungry, or too cold, etc. While this stereotype contains a certain amount of truth, it is overly extreme, but it captures in a more easily accessible way what it means to lack attention to one's inner physical needs. While IEEs may be so unaware of their internal physical state that they will not realize they need to eat in the moment, what is more realistic is that they will not attend to their internal physical state somewhat in advance. For instance, they may be so attentive to their projects and the ideas they have about what to do, that they may forget to bring with them a bottle of water and much later realize that they are thirsty and have put themselves in a position where their physical needs cannot be easily attended to.

More generally than physical needs, IEEs are unaware of their environment. While they can often be drawn to and relaxed by natural settings, they tend to have so much going on in their heads that they forget to give themselves time to appreciate such places. IEEs naturally underestimate the extent to which their surrounding environment and their physical well-being has an effect on them, although they can learn to adapt to this state of affairs very well. When they become aware of their environment, or when they are made aware of their environment, they are able to identify necessary changes (expansive possibilities) to the environment to improve their lifestyle and well-being (For instance, Rick DeLong speaks of things such as his propensity for addiction to puzzle games which eat up his time and limit his productivity, so consciously altered his living environment to make those puzzles difficult to access). Being aware of the impact of the environment is the principal deficit of attention.

Mobilizing extroverted logic

IEEs can have a tendency to play the role of an information gatherer. IEEs are motivated by their transient interests, and may express these interests by quickly gathering a large amount of information on a particular topic that strikes their fancy, before moving on to something new.

IEEs, perhaps moreso than most other ethical types, can be unattached intellectuals. Their approach towards the intellectual realm could be summed up as being open-minded and politically correct. They can have an orientation towards collecting and disseminating objectively measurable and observable facts. Moreso than most types and much like ILEs, IEEs often view knowledge advancement as a collaborative process, about which they might invite dialogue and discussion. As IEEs are oriented towards Ne and others' potential, in the intellectual and factual realm IEEs' basic attitude is the opposite of cynicism; they embody the principle of valuing others' contributions as made in good faith, and they can tend to believe that other people are persuaded by facts (whether or not this is true). Ironically, for their big-picture orientation, IEEs may end up doing important intellectual dirty work; fact checking, examining primary source material, etc.

Despite their factual and open-minded orientation, IEEs are not unattached and, as Te estimatives, can have a bit of a sore spot towards criticism of their process of information gathering, although this soreness is alleviated by open-minded and factually oriented criticism, and exacerbated by the appearance of stubbornness and certitude.

Ignoring introverted intuition

IEEs are constantly focused on novel activities, ideas, insights, and events. Because they are always interested by something new, they do not spend lots of time on the same topics as Ni types do. They typically do not spend much time in a dreamy, laconic, or reflective state; they prefer to be on the move and doing something new and different and find it very dull to be focused on the same ideas for too long. They may find such inertia and limited scope in life focus a little bit unsettling in others.

IEEs' interests tend to be directed towards practical problems rather than completely abstract or theoretical topics, reflecting their fundamental orientation towards acceptance and improvement of the world around them. To an IEE, the question "What if?" usually applies to something that the IEE can do to change his future, not some sort of alternate reality, such as "What if I bike instead of drive to work?" as opposed to "What if gravity didn't exist?"

Demonstrative extroverted ethics

IEEs are partially attentive to the exterior emotional atmosphere surrounding them. They may freely enjoy atmospheres where people are cooperating well and having fun, and is moderately affected by the miasma of toxic individuals who mordantly disrupt a pleasant atmosphere. However, they also see an excess attention to creating a pleasant atmosphere, such as by an individual who can't handle an unfocused group discussion, as overkill.

Ultimately, instead of being strongly affected by the exterior emotional space, IEEs are affected by their inner emotional experience. While they are affected by conflict, they may see it as more important to value the individual and are able to see multiple perspectives when dissensions arise. They tend to devalue affiliations and ideologies and view others based on their individual personal qualities.

Interestingly, IEEs may resemble IEIs in their emphasis on individualism and acceptance of others' perspectives. However, IEIs emphasize individuality for much different reasons -- they are not fundamentally disinterested in ideologies and affiliations, and they sometimes preach the virtues of the individual primarily because they wish their presentation in exterior emotional space to be genuinely their own, different from IEEs' attention to individual potential.

SLI description

Dominant introverted sensation

SLIs are focused, in principle, on their personal experiences in the world and exude a sense of calmness. Calmness in this context refers to the orientation of SLIs to attend to the internal demands that affect them, and to avoid being perturbed by the external world, especially the aspects of the external world that are outside of their control. This calmness is often outwardly visible -- they ignore the superfluous experiences that worry others, avoid speculating about things which cannot be known, and do not see the point of worrying about things outside of their control. While this calmness can sometimes be tangible and visible in SLIs, its existence is more as an abstract ideal of than a pervasive reality. Which is to say, SLIs also are susceptible to be ill-tempered and overwrought (within the moment) about the external demands in the world that face them.

The aesthetic ideals of SLIs tend to be a bit eccentric and in some instances are outright bizarre. SLIs are often not concerned with maintaining appearances or upholding the aesthetics of others. They can be rather spartan in their living needs, requiring little luxury as opposed to functional items -- although if they decide an item is necessary, they often do not hesitate to buy the best product possible. They often have very moderate, comfortable dress. They are, however, often proactive in matters pertaining to the functionality of their living conditions. SLIs are stereotypically apt at do-it-yourself mechanical matters. SLIs commonly engage in personal mechanical projects and do not shy away from the use of their own hands. They are typically in tune with the physical experience of their environment; many SLIs are constantly aware of physical sensations that surround them and how they affect them, and SLIs often seek to surround themselves with nature, eschewing the unsightly morass of industrial society.

SLIs can sometimes seem to have a very personal and quiet attentiveness to their own well-being and understand the signals that their bodies send them. This does not mean that SLIs are always well versed in medicine or medicinal remedies, but rather that they are attuned and responsive to the natural self-regulatory messages that their bodies send, such as stress, which SLIs do not often appear to suffer from (rather their lifestyle emphasizes "calmness"). Nor does this mean that SLIs always make entirely healthy decisions; sometimes the demands of their internal state can outweigh health concerns, such as in the case of a craving for potato chips. It is, however, not uncharacteristic for an SLI to self-correct aspects of their lifestyle in order to improve their physical state. In contrast to types, this is rarely motivated by a forcible desire to improve one's health, but is instead merely a response to greater attention devoted to the effect of environment on the SLI's internal physical state (One SLI I know refused to use a loud graphics card in his computer, because its fan was too loud and he was unwilling to tolerate such an environment. He eventually replaced the card with a quieter model, although not at all quickly or with a sense of urgency to fix the problem). SLIs can communicate their physical experiences and take concern in the health of others, but often tend to be somewhat reclusive in their interests and do not usually spontaneously do so unless requested.

SLIs can be good at mapping out their environment. They have a tendency to explore and pay attention to their surroundings and sometimes naturally know what is located where. Once they've developed a functional lifestyle, they can be hesitant to change it, but they have the ability to exhibit a detailed awareness of where different goods and services can be procured in the surrounding vicinity.

Creative extroverted logic

SLIs are often practical, direct, and formal in their demeanor. Typically SLIs possess a dry, matter-of-fact method of discourse, and value clarity and directness of communication. SLIs generally focus on communicating accurate information and neglect dealing with emotional aspects or motives in conversation.

SLIs are often very pragmatic. They often possess a great deal of practical knowledge, potentially including mechanical knowledge, skill with tools, managing one's finances, technical abilities, historical knowledge, medical/scientific knowledge, or a myriad of other topics. Often SLIs focus extensively on developing practical knowledge that facilitates functional, efficient lifestyles and often take an active role in crafting their own living environments. They enjoy such processes as analyzing and comparing of different goods and services and generally do not delegate such tasks to others, instead preferring to take an active, personal role in their decisions.

SLIs are generally uncomfortable taking no action if their living environment or their immediate surroundings are not operating with a sense of efficiency. An SLI might be inclined to see unnecessary waste of resources (such as energy, water, money, or living space) as an unacceptable circumstance. Some SLIs strive towards a lifestyle in which everything operates smoothly and waste is eliminated. Even SLIs that are not so extreme usually are disposed to acting on their internal concerns, and have a deeply subject-oriented relationship towards effecting tangible and effectual changes to improve or make satisfactory their surrounding environment.

Role introverted intuition

SLIs are capable in the areas of mental abstraction, the use of their imagination, and making sense of patterns and phenomena around them. Usually, however, SLIs do not spend much time in fantasy worlds or inside their own heads, instead preferring to focus on the richness of their physical experience.

SLIs often feel a need to maintain some amount of autonomy over their lifestyles so that they are not bound by others' schedules or demands. They generally dislike hurriedness and prefer to operate on their own terms. They dislike relying on others or on the outcomes of various surrounding events that they have no control of; they instead often prefer to take an active, personal role in projects of importance to them.

In general, SLIs are less interested in information that is abstract or removed from their experience; they instead focus on what they have experienced or what has affected them directly. In some cases this can lead to overanalysis, misrepresentations of relative importance, and scattered understanding. They are prone to occasionally harbor doubts about the fullness of their mental representations of abstractions, hypotheticals, or situations that they are not directly involved in, which they do not really know how to resolve.

Vulnerable extroverted ethics

SLIs are generally somewhat reclusive and fairly emotionally stoic. In situations where they are expected to engage emotionally, they can appear cold, dull, or antagonistic. In many cases they do not see the point of and prefer to avoid such situations as those with loud, rowdy behavior and prefer to subsist in more relaxed environments.

SLIs can be largely oblivious to social conventions. They generally do not try to follow the crowd unless there is some practical reason to do so. They are prone to dislike the spotlight and to prefer to travel on the less beaten path. They are often quite individualistic; they do not naturally seek the approval of others and are mostly self-subsistent in their activities. Much of the time they do not necessarily dislike spending time with others, but are perfectly content to do things that do not require interacting with others and are prone to somewhat neglect the importance of emotionally-based interaction. For this reason they can be perceived as exhibiting antisocial tendencies.

SLIs' are minimally aware of others' emotional responses and tend to speak in straightforward language. Sometimes they can appear aggressive and respond critically on issues in which they hold strong opinions. This can lead to the perception of SLIs as hostile and, on occasion, arrogant or uncompromising. Often, however, SLIs do not act in such a fashion; such aggressiveness is usually limited to issues in which SLIs are very opinionated -- these can include events in which their lifestyle has been threatened, or if something they require is functioning improperly in a way they do not fully understand.

Suggestive extroverted intuition

So is the suggestive function important or isn't it? SLIs typically depend most extensively on firsthand experience to learn about things around them. They often seek to be pragmatic individuals who are generally down-to-earth and unaware of hidden meanings. They often do not emphasize unique aspects of their character, instead preferring the background and directing their attention towards the goings-on of their immediate environment.

SLIs can tend towards an overly bland and conservative lifestyle. They often lack spontaneity and may exhibit the sentiment that something is missing and that little in their lives is novel and interesting. They appreciate people who exhibit a well-developed imagination, spontaneity, and new ideas. Such people often broaden the SLI's perspectives and give them a myriad of new experiences to draw upon. They are often recruited as willing collaborators into the constant unusual pursuits of IEEs.

Mobilizing introverted ethics

SLIs are usually not focused on and are often unaware of emotional considerations in conversation. They are generally not good at reading people's emotional states and are often not inclined to perceive or speculate about others' underlying emotional states or motivations that are not obvious from their behavior. This can sometimes make them appear uncaring and insensitive.

Some SLIs do not consciously acknowledge the importance of their own emotions, and many try not to allow their emotional states to influence their decisions or pragmatic focuses. Nonetheless, SLIs are not immune to emotional influence, but they often do not realize how strong their emotions can be until they experience them.

SLIs are usually not very gregarious and have difficulty establishing new interpersonal connections. They tend to value established attachments very deeply, but often they are not focused on emotional bonds; instead, their lifestyle leads them towards a path of relatively peaceful seclusion, and they may understate the importance of people in their lives or be disinterested in trying to pursue connections with others.

Though SLIs are usually respectful and good-natured people, they do not always show this side of themselves. Depending on circumstances they can appear self-righteous and stubborn. This most commonly happens when they perceive that someone is behaving in an obviously insincere manner or hindering their goals or their lifestyle.

Ignoring extroverted sensation

SLIs are not usually extensively focused on power politics or hierarchies, exercising control over others, or outwardly flaunting their status or strength. They usually regard such matters with utter disinterest, and may feel bothered by environments where such expressions of power are the norm.

SLIs tend to be very placid and demonstrate their aggression on infrequent basis. Usually this aggression is not spontaneous or pent-up, but rather a response to something or someone in their environment that is violating their expectations or causing damage to the immediate environment, such as a malfunctioning piece of equipment or a person who is carelessly interfering with existing resources. Mostly, however, SLIs are fairly laid-back and accepting of events around them. SLIs may feel a need to control their living environment with a fair amount of autonomy, but rarely are inclined to exert control over others with whom they interact.

Demonstrative introverted logic

SLIs often like to philosophize and analyze life, but they use logical categories situationally rather than searching for a single cohesive structure for understanding the world. They tend to feel that life is difficult to categorize and should simply be experienced for what it is. Often the information that they focus on is loosely structured and instead falls within such disciplines as the realm of current events, science, practical knowledge, or the SLI's field of expertise.

EII description

Dominant introverted ethics

EIIs are predominantly oriented towards their emotional experience. They pay attention to the emotional world from an internal locus, focusing on their own internally felt emotional responses and those of others, largely independently of overt emotional displays. EIIs, as with ESIs, are highly aware of and affected by their emotions, but are predominantly stoic and subdued. The most prominent feature of EIIs as a group is their reserve. Recognizing the emotions of an EII requires one to look for signs much more subtle than other types that more plainly wear their emotions on their sleeves.

The emotional reactions of EIIs often are the focus of objects (sources) -- that is, their emotional reactions are often specifically directed towards people or things. This can be understood as the nature of 's tendency to evaluate character; they observe the individual, independent qualities of the people or sources they are assessing. EIIs' evaluation of character, however, lacks the "fire and brimstone" approach of ESIs, who evaluate character simplistically and make somewhat clear psychological divisions between "good" and "evil" people or sources. Instead, EIIs are genuinely nonjudgmental in their judgment -- they are observant of the context and conditions that lead to the development of the character of the sources in question, and are sometimes also observant of changes that might be made in order to facilitate that source reaching its true potential (but on the flip side, being nonjudgmental in their judgment also leads them to be noncommittal in their judgment). While it is possible for EIIs to be judgmental and crass, it is rare and as a rule they are slow to judge, dislike fighting, and are quick to forgive.

EIIs are often soft, kindly, and accepting by nature, yet morally firm. They may seem to be cowardly with respect to their physical environment, physical and worldly presence, but at the same time they can be highly morally courageous. EIIs are among the types most in touch with the inner confusion of the mind; they are among the most aware of moral and social conflicts. As such, they have both high potential for moral clarity and honesty, as well as relatively high propensity for depression.

EIIs naturally tend to observe and look for the positive qualities in their experience, and particularly in others. They strive to promote interpersonal harmony, good will, and respect for others.

Creative extroverted intuition

EIIs emphasize the seemingly contradictory combination of optimism and grounded individualism that is characteristic of the delta quadra. On the one hand, EIIs characteristically view the world through rose colored glasses; everything in the world has a slightly optimistic tint and the world is a place of wonder. On the other hand, EIIs tend to be "grounded"; they are tolerant, relaxed and realistic in their expectations. In keeping with this theme of experiencing contradictory sides of the same coin, there is a great disconnect between the way EIIs view the world and the way they interact with it.

The origin of this discrepancy is that EIIs view the world for its potential, rather than for what it is. Compared to other types, the orientation towards potential is less obvious in EIIs. Unlike alpha NTs, EIIs are not typically highly analytical, and unlike dominants, they do not have a lifestyle driven by novelty and generation of new ideas. The way in which EIIs are focused on potential, in fitting with the transience of the creative function is as a value rather than an active emphasis. Specifically, EIIs view the world not believing that it is perfect, but believing in the possibility of it being perfect. While this is an optimistic outlook, it remains that the EIIs' world of perfection exists more in theory than in practice, and as such EIIs often harbor a certain degree of noncommitment to go along with their perfectionistic, principled idealism.

Role introverted logic

EIIs have a difficulty in reasoning about impersonal systems, or reasoning about their actions logically; they typically display a certain degree of uncertainty and discomfort when approaching such matters. They may often become "caught up" in inconsistency -- unlike vulnerable types, who tend ignore the inconsistencies they generate, logical inconsistencies in an EII's field of view can receive the same meticulous, often perfectionistic attention that EIIs display across domains. As such, EIIs can devote considerable attention to reasoning logically or mathematically about the world around them or concepts in the world around them, especially with respect to densely theoretical material; like other role functions, EIIs maintain some aspects and a partial valuation of the logical consistency of their universe. However, this kind of partial valuation often leads them to confuse themselves with often unrelated theoretical or conceptual perspectives.

Much more often, EIIs take a "relaxed" approach and see an excessive orientation on logical consistency as just that: excessive. EIIs are focused, more than any other type, on the unique characteristics of individuals, and they may often avoid reasoning with respect to assortative grouping (e.g. "all nazis are bad") or with respect to a rigid classification of the world. Their worldview is towards the unique qualities of individuals' character and towards their personal sentiments, and not towards logic.

Vulnerable extroverted sensation

EIIs are generally oblivious to the possibility of making an impact on the world around them. Being essentially dedicated idealists, they are largely not interested in taking action, and when they do take action often this action is not an individual impact but occurs as part of a stable social structure and they show a tendency to work principally "within the rules" (For instance, suppose vaguely and quite stereotypically that EIIs may express their altruism by quietly volunteering their time to existing charitable organizations, rather than by loudly rallying people around a cause or by taking upon themselves any entrepreneurial risks).

For EIIs, impactful activity is a somewhat moral issue as well, with acquisitive, materialistically-driven attitudes tending to be morally discomfiting. As well, there is a moral distrust of excessive spontaneity -- rather than seeing the opportunity to "seize the day" in any way that appeals spontaneously, EIIs may see reckless, spontaneous behavior as irresponsible. However, as a moral issue the topic is more personal and self-judgmental, and there is an emphasis on nonjudgment of others in this regard.

Suggestive extroverted logic

EIIs are apprehensive about their productivity. They may worry about what they can accomplish in whatever area of their lives their productive energies are focused towards. Unlike in Ni types, where the central issue in one's productivity is how one's work contributes in the quest to extract meaning from an existence otherwise perceived as dull, the primary problem in EIIs' work is the disconnect between what is practical and what is possible.

There is a tendency for EIIs to lose track of their goals. They may act without realizing whether or not they are making progress towards achieving their goals at all, or how quickly or effectively. This is a consequence of the type's tendency towards private idealization: the goals themselves are inconcretely understood because they tend to stem from the motivation to realize one's own potential. Such a motivation does not have a clear endpoint, and the vagueness present in the motivations begets an inattention to the goal's progress itself. There is a tolerance -- especially where other people are concerned -- of slow progress and a willingness to wait for potential to be realized, which might emerge somehow in unexpected ways.

EIIs can be quite inquisitive and diligent learners, and often are quiet and studious in school, and able to absorb a lot of factual information.

Mobilizing introverted sensation

EIIs, under ideal circumstances, believe that the world is worthy of being experienced and not fettered with many worldly worries. However, in practice EIIs are often characteristically perfectionistic and can have difficulty allowing themselves to relax.

EIIs are sensitive to their internal demands and may be quite inclined to give themselves time needed to attend to their physical environment, and to complete practical tasks related to the experience of their environment. On some occasions, they may actually become so focused on practical tasks concerning their surrounding environment that they lose sight of their importance, or actually fail to complete them adequately. Much like IEEs, EIIs are prone to losing themselves in fleeting interests and hobbies, during which they particularly lack attention to their surroundings. However, in fitting with the stubborn attitude of the estimative function, at other times they place great attention to their surroundings.

Ignoring extroverted ethics

EIIs' emotionality is typically subdued. Whether EIIs are moved, stressed, discouraged, etc., their expression of these states is usually understated. They try to rely on their communication to establish their emotional world, and not on direct emotional expression.

EIIs may sometimes show a modest concern with maintaining a positive emotional environment; however, this concern stems mostly from the desire to see the others around them flourish rather than a need for the participation of others.

Demonstrative introverted intuition

EIIs tend to be multiperspectival. They do not place much belief in the narrowing of perspective; rather they place belief in the value of collecting and broadening their perspectives and listening to the perspectives of others.

While EIIs can be reflective about their own experiences, they may be prone to spend more conscious attention contemplating the experiences of others -- that is, accounting for other possible perspectives.

LSE description

Dominant extrovertd logic

LSEs are essentially pragmatic and hands-on individuals. They often focus directly on the task in front of them and can perform detailed and tireless work. They are usually solution-oriented and have a natural propensity to proactively engage others on a common project. They are naturally proactive and can without difficulty take charge of a project to ensure that their brand of detailed and high-quality work is implemented. They may become restless when they have no work to focus themselves on.

LSEs typically have a formal, straightforward, and businesslike communication style. They can expend a great deal of effort speaking of work-related or practically-minded topics. They may freely engage in discussions about current news events, health information, sports, comparisons of products and services, or a myriad of other readily available topics. LSEs may seek to disseminate comprehensive and accurate factual information to others and value the information they garner from others as well. They may see themselves as teachers or guides to a world of facts and practical methods, and can provide a thorough, comprehensive, and interactively didactic treatment of their topics of expertise or interest. Their factual and eminently realistic mode of conversation can come across as overly dry, dull, and mundane to less pragmatic and grounded individuals.

LSEs often develop a host of practical knowledge. It is not uncommon to see LSEs who are adept craftsmen and enjoy working with their hands, and they may as a matter of course accumulate information about practical tasks. LSEs may know about home or automobile maintenance, finance management, shop skills, or a wide variety of other topics.

Like LIEs, LSEs often have a desire to apply their work to some social cause, and commonly have a great deal of respect for and place great importance in the formal institutions of the society around them. They may believe that a society (whether large or small) should play an active role in taking care of its members. If SLIs in spirit would not mind dispensing with modern society and going to live in the woods, LSEs are more likely to work with others through public channels, to rely on public instutitions, and to feel the need for social stability in their lives.

Creative introverted sensation

LSEs value safety, comfort, leisure, aesthetics, and a peaceable environment. They often place a great deal of importance on free time, commodious surroundings, and familial well-being. They often enjoy recreation with a physical element, including hiking, sports, etc. They often dress comfortably and inextravagantly, maintain a moderate focus on cleanliness, and seek to create a pleasant and functional environment. They may expend a large amount of their energy and focus to this end; their productive goals differ somewhat in this respect from those of LIEs, who often consider attention devoted to their surrounding environment somewhat wasteful.

LSEs usually exhibit a tendency to adhere to their own internal demands. Many LSEs recognize their leisure time as essential to their overall well-being, and may exhibit a need to fulfill certain internal obligations before other tasks are undertaken. They may eschew the methodology of others and rely on their own experience and knowledge to guide them. They may avoid implementing the work of others if it conflicts with their own needs for leisure and comfort. They may fall into routines to around which organize their work and lifestyle, and can resist deviation from these routines even when they are ineffectual.

Additionally, LSEs may seek to ensure the physical and overall well-being of their family members and loved ones, and naturally fit in to a "caregiver" role where their initiative and attentiveness to the needs of others are welcomed. Some LSEs naturally have a welcoming air about them.

Role extroverted ethics

LSEs can be somewhat apt at noticing and contributing to the emotional atmosphere of a situation. They can be cordial and welcoming, especially in familiar environments. Many LSEs also have a jovial sense of humor.

However, attention to emotional surroundings often does not come instinctively to LSEs, who usually hold a naturally composed and orderly demeanor and do not tend to become highly animated. Their more businesslike attitude tends to predominate in many situations, and their formal style may appear somewhat naive and out of place in contexts where free emotional expression is encouraged, such as raucous parties or conversations involving gossip; LSEs may feel uneasy and uncertain interacting in these situations as well.

LSEs are often not deeply aware of their emotional reactions towards others and consequently their emotional expressions and responses tend to be subdued and contained.

Vulnerable introverted intuition

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LSEs are usually concerned with the situation immediately in front of them, and with their personal experiences. They usually focus their productive efforts towards matters that they can personally see, hear, feel, or experience, rather than on pursuing speculative or theoretical ideas. Many LSEs concern themselves only with what they can experience or control, and do not always attempt to expend undue energy to understand what is extraneous to their experience. Being grounded in the concreteness of reality, most LSEs are not deeply aware of fantasy, mysticism, symbolism, or any otherworldly esoterics. For this reason, they may be perceived as dry and unimaginative.

LSEs may be minimally adaptive to previously unforeseen consequences. They may attempt to plan and organize their schedules in advance in order to avoid any uncertainty, and they may avoid digressing from these schedules even when they are impractical. Ever proactive, they may commit themselves to too many obligations and responsibilities. They often feel as though there is not enough time to get everything done on their itinerary, but they may simultaneously have difficulty prioritizing their tasks, as they are all perceived as important. As a consequence, they may leave work unfinished.

LSEs internal mental worlds are often neglected. They are generally disinclined towards personal and existential reflection. They are focused on what is in front of them and might regard extensive philosophizing as confusing and secondary to their experience. They tend to be perpetually in motion, and may feel restless, dejected, and unproductive if forced to suspend their activities.

Suggestive introverted ethics

LSEs are chronically uncertain about the nature and standing of their relationships with others. They are often highly out of touch with their internal feelings and are unsure of their abilities at reading the emotional dispositions of those around them. They may take the initiative and engage others, but if they do not observe any emotional reciprocity they may question the appropriateness of their actions and feelings. They require strength of emotional reciprocity, stability, and moral support from others.

LSEs tend towards applying their ever-proactive approach to life to the sphere of interpersonal relations; however, their direct, blunt style may appear tactless and overly formal to their interlocutors. They may verbalize their emotional uncertainty, often behaving in an overly apologetic fashion, wondering aloud why others do not respond to their attempts to engage them. Although LSEs may be social and have many acquaintances, they are cautious about building closer friendships. Their social activities are often an extension of their productive or leisure activities; they tend to build friendships by doing useful work or projects together, rather than by depth of emotional exchange. LSEs unconsciously expect the other person in working situations to initiate emotional intimacy.

LSEs seek to ensure that their interactions with others be orderly, friendly, and harmonious. Family and communitarian values often predominate in LSEs, and they may go to great lengths to make sure that the needs of these close friends or loved ones are met.

Mobilizing extroverted intuition

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LSEs are often not highly imaginative. They may have difficulty determining the personal qualities or potential abilities of others around them, and may be sometimes inclined to exhibit a rather naive trust of others whom they come across. They may also have difficulty generating novel or innovative concepts, though in the realm of productive work, they may make up for their lack of imaginative or conceptual innovation by hands-on labor and sheer tirelessness.

LSEs often try to concentrate on the possible outcomes of a situation, but they tend to have difficulty generating cause-and-effect explanations for events that transpire around them, especially in the sphere of personal relations. Often the suggestions that LSEs offer seem lacking and poorly developed; they may ask others for feedback and possible explanations and appreciate substantial responses.

LSEs in more informal situations can sometimes come across as zany, lively, and somewhat goofy. LSEs' sense of silliness often derives from their socially engaging and cordial qualities; however, their ebullience masks an underlying sense of sober responsibility, and enthusiasm about fantastic interests are usually supplemented with large amounts of experiential wisdom and factual knowledge.

Ignoring introverted logic

LSEs are pragmatists and realists. They are generally focused on the accomplishment of productive tasks in the world outside of themselves, and give little thought to whether their approaches to these problems are systemically consistent. They prefer to measure what their actions are accomplishing in practice. They often have little interest in theoretical topics or logical abstractions.

Demonstrative extroverted sensation

LSEs typically are docile and friendly individuals, despite being straightforward and blunt. They are almost entirely unconcerned with ostentatious displays of power politics or obedience. They typically try to treat everyone respectfully and create a commodious, welcoming atmosphere. They may apologize when they perceive that they have displayed excessive crudeness (though often LSEs are hypersensitive about offending others, and they have not been remotely offensive in this sort of apologetic situation).

Occasionally LSEs may express confrontational tendencies. As a rule, however, this occurs when LSEs ability to perform useful work has been limited. LSEs are minimally motivated by adrenal or energetic impulses; instead, they try to maintain a stable and organized approach to anything.

ESI description

Dominant introverted ethics

ESIs are primarily attuned to the world of their own inner emotional states and emotional reactions to others. They may commonly be introspective and constantly in a state of trying to sort out the way they really feel. ESIs value their own sense of fidelity and life stability, and they may always try to treat others with fairness and decency. However, they often tend to be highly reliant on their attitudes towards others in directing their path through life, which can sometimes lead them down circuitous and complicated pathways and interfere with their moral rectitude.

For ESIs, connections with others mark a predominant and over-arching life focus. Though close contacts for ESIs often tend to be sparse, when ESIs find a degree of mutual respect towards others, they can be deeply empathetic, compassionate, and loyal. They may emphasize close connections and mutual understanding with others above all other things.

ESIs' attitudes towards others are commonly characterized by skepticism and distrust, and their overall demeanor may be private, closed, uncommunicative, and individualistic. They may feel as though they can see into the motivations and character of others, and sometimes are instinctively be quick to judge others harshly. Similarly, they may also have difficulty forgiving others and often react coldly to those with past transgressions, or who they see as immoral or characterologically reprehensible. They may by nature adopt a standoffish, confrontational attitude in lieu of a conciliatory one, which may in fact only serve to aggravate their emotional conflagrations. At the same time, however, they may see their judgmentalism as hypocritical and strive to treat others with reciprocity and fairness rather than preemptive judgments. In this way, their behavior can be an internal conflict, oscillating between the predominance of a curtain of friendliness and a core of distrust. Most commonly, ESIs hold an air of both amicable receptiveness, but also one of penetralia and unapproachability.

Many ESIs are inclined to see themselves as morally immaculate, and to behave as such whenever they can. They may pride themselves on their emotional sincerity, and when dealing with individuals they respect, they typically try to work out clashes through honest and forthright discussion. However, their sense of principled candor is sometimes marred by the conflicting emotions they experience.

ESIs can also be rather traditional and conservative in their life outlook. They may tend to see others who interfere with the stability of their lifestyle as untrustworthy and flighty.

Creative extroverted sensation

ESIs often have a tendency to be confrontational and may come across as unwavering and strict in their judgments and discipline. They are usually particularly oppositional towards those whom they mistrust or towards characters whose moral fortitude they are inclined to question. They may go out of their way to press judgment, fight for what they believe is ethically sound, or for those emotionally close to them.

ESIs may sometimes practice a variant of "tough love," challenging others towards acting in a way they feel is in their best interests. They can often come across as matter-of-fact and demanding in their expectations of others, and may have blunt advice, especially geared towards success in the material world. They are sometimes archetypally pictured as strict disciplinarians. Often, however, they may feel as though they challenge others no harder than they challenge themselves; they are often extensively self-critical and may strive hardest to live up to their own expectations for themselves. ESIs may concern themselves with following the rules or ettiquette for successfully interacting in a formal setting, and with dressing and coming across properly to others. They often have a keen sense of style.

Though ESIs are sometimes inclined to retreat from and avoid others, they at other times are not reticent to initiate contact and engage others intimately. They may become very absorbed and reliant on their emotional connections towards others. They may also at other times be highly proactive and constantly prepared to contact others or push others towards a state of activity.

Role introverted logic

ESIs may have a tendency to become caught up in justification for their actions, and in matters of theoretical consistency, evaluation of relative importance, and objective decision-making. They commonly see the justification of their actions according to logical and existing scientific principles as important and worthwhile, and may conscientiously wish to behave rationally and sensibly -- though they may have less interest or patience in relating their actions to theoretical material that is overly abstract. However, in fields where the practical applications of their work are based on theoretical, academic, or scientific knowledge (ie, economics, medicine, design, etc) they may feel the importance of understanding the conceptual or theoretical backing behind their actions, and they may become somewhat mired in attempting to make sense of the theoretical structure, often devoting excessive time to understanding the subject, leaving out important details, twisting facts inadvertently, and losing track of their organized arguments.

ESIs usually approach the arena of academia and theory formally, trying to make sense of abstract principles by sequential organization, memorization, and force of will. They may push themselves academically while working inefficiently to the point of wearing themselves out. They are typically more comfortable in situations involving ethical or interpersonal considerations where they can listen to their internal emotional guidance than in dealing with impersonal logical argumentation.

Vulnerable extroverted intuition

ESIs often especially dislike uncertainty and have a tendency to vigilantly prepare for any and all extenuating circumstances. They may have difficulty coping with unforeseen changes or with particularly indecisive individuals, instead preferring a lifestyle of stability and continuity -- though many ESIs have developed more adaptive styles for dealing with such situations. They may feel discouraged, confused and lacking in their autonomy if they have to consider and keep track of large range of possible outcomes; instead, they may prefer a more direct and linear synopsis of what is likely to happen.

In general, ESIs prefer solution-oriented, pragmatic advice and insights to abstract or theoretical material. They may have difficulty following or comprehending theoretical or associative tangents with no apparent practical basis. They are often rather straightforward and grounded in nature, and may have little interest or proficiency in dealing with overly conceptual perspectives. They may respond to many situations with the strategy of hard work and diligence, as opposed to innovative or conceptually novel modes of working.

ESIs can have a tendency to see issues of morals or personal character in black and white. They may often act as though viscerally certain of their moral positions and character judgments, and may be dismissive of attempts to contextualize situations ethically, instead seeing others as clearly responsible for their actions and reprehensible.

Suggestive extroverted logic

ESIs are commonly unconfident about their ability to gather and apply new information related to their life conditions or productive efforts. They may be unsure about how to go about critically evaluating the veracity of the information they come across, instead seeking explanations and additional information from others. They are often unaware of and not inclined to think in terms of the best or most efficient way of getting something done, and may have difficulty conceptualizing what schedule, activity, or methodology they should follow in order to best meet their goals. They may have problems evaluating whether they have done enough on a particular task or whether their work was effective.

ESIs are typically practically minded, and may tend to prefer explanations based in everyday common sense rather than extensive theory. They may also see little point in any endeavor that cannot be applied to their well-being in some way. They are often deeply invested in learning interesting or useful skills or concepts that may assist them in their daily life. They can sometimes dedicate themselves to improving themselves in this way very industriously, but they may be simultaneously unsure in what ways they should apply themselves; they may have difficulty discriminating between those ventures that are effective and those that are not, sometimes leading them into questionable methodological practices, e.g. alternative medicines. ESIs may feel deeply hindered and unsettled by the various tasks that they don't know how to do or areas they are unskilled at.

ESIs are commonly emotionally and factually straightforward in conversation, and may prefer interacting with individuals equally blunt. They may appreciate attention to accuracy and specificity of information in others, seeing these qualities as signs of a trustworthy and reliable acquaintance. In general, ESIs may prefer a communication style that may seem robotic and inexpressive to others, but in reality emphasizes internal feelings and unhindered transfer of information.

Mobilizing introverted intuition

ESIs may see life as a gradual process of learning and new experiences. While ESIs may tend to be resistant to change and slow towards changing their views or incorporating their experiences into their conscious identity, but they also may tend towards a ruminative, reflective, and contemplative strategy in making sense of their experience and what lessons or methods of self-improvement they might discern from it. Importantly, as ESIs come to understand their experiences, their primarily "closed" and private demeanor may be tempered with periods of good humor and emotional openness. They may orient themselves towards thinking of their goals in a primarily long-term perspective.

ESIs are typically resolute and decisive in dealing with situations they see developing or already in front of them, but at the same time they are keen to avoid being too impulsive and taking actions they will regret later. They tend to appreciate periodically having an outside evaluation of how a situation is likely to develop in order to keep from worrying excessively. Without an outside reassurance that a task can be accomplished in time without hurry, or that there is no need to deal with an ongoing development and that for the moment it's best to wait and see, ESIs may tend to get anxious about running out of time, and may be inclined to try to deal with such issues immediately and sometimes impulsively.

Ignoring extroverted ethics

ESIs may sometimes be concerned with mantaining a positive emotional environment, sustaining a group mood, having fun and joking, etc. -- but usually do not focus towards this end as much as they do towards the internal experience of their emotions, and they usually see no point in maintaining a group atmosphere if they do not already have a positive attitude towards the people involved; they may simply be inclined to walk away and not participate in an atmosphere generated by individuals they dislike, which may be seen by others as judgmental and spoiling the mood.

ESIs may have difficulty interacting in environments where the air is openly hostile and unfriendly and can seek to ensure that others maintain minimum standards of cordiality and decency, especially if the environment is constituted by people they care about. However, at other times they may be responsible for and willing to sacrifice a friendly atmosphere by censuring others whom they see as reprehensible. In general, ESIs' sense of moral integrity and conscience is more influential in their decision making.

Though ESIs often show a degree of conscientiousness as to the way others respond to their actions, this tends to be only their driving motivation to base their actions on the expected reactions of others inasmuch as their personal relationships are at stake. They may at times be surprisingly blunt in their communications, instead taking a pragmatic approach towards disseminating rather direct advice.

Demonstrative introverted sensation

ESIs may be unconcerned with optimizing their sensory pleasures, with matters of personal comfort, their own internal well-being, or other matters regarding their physical state. They may sometimes concern themselves with these things and are often fastidious about matters such as cooking or the sensory pleasures of others. However, they may tend to emphasize these things primarily when there is not some more pressing matter to think about. In general, rather than pampering themselves or others, they may tend to take an approach more geared towards rigorous self-improvement, discipline, and self-imposed challenges. ESIs may be inclined to provide advice towards dressing well, impressing others, or helping others interpret health-related concerns.

LIE description

Dominant extroverted logic

LIEs are impelled to accumulate and contribute useful, productive, and relevant information. They may accumulate such factual knowledge in matters they find useful, either because it's their professional field, or something they find interesting and of potential use in the future. They typically carry the belief that in order to function at optimal level and maintain an element of control over their experience, they need to know and make sense of how their external environment works.

LIEs are constantly searching for and involving themselves in practical projects and other avenues of applying their knowledge, and are typically comfortable with asserting their knowledge, correcting factual inaccuracies of others, and generally offering information that can be applied to productive purposes. LIEs generally are highly pragmatic, assiduous, and proactive individuals. They often feel uncomfortable and restless if they are not able to pursue their own productive ventures and goals. They are often adopt highly active schedules and lifestyles, and may tend to find themselves busy most of the time.

LIEs are often concerned with matters of efficiency and optimization of their environment and may be inclined to offer suggestions as to its improvement. LIEs do not always seek leadership roles, but nor do they shun them; LIEs most commonly step up to the challenge of leading others if they feel that others are unqualified or that nonintervention would lead to a vastly inefficient state of affairs.

LIEs usually have a rather direct and formal style of interacting and communicating. They commonly have a tendency to speak quickly, and to the point. They tend to value clear and unambiguous communication and may place great attention on distributing factually accurate information to others, and often expecting the same degree of clarity in return.

LIEs can be rather opinionated and contentious towards the ideas of others. LIEs may have a tendency to be critical of widely accepted viewpoints, seeing them as essentially grounded only in popular mythology and not in fact.

Creative introverted intuition

LIEs are predominantly future-oriented in their thinking. They tend towards considering the consequences, implications, and long-term strategies of their actions, paying less attention to the immediate details of actually carrying out their ideas. In this way, they are often better at big-picture thinking; often they take the role of innovator or consultant, leaving others to manage lower-level details. LIEs commonly and stereotypically possess an entrepreneurial spirit and seek to advance their own vision of some paradigmatic innovation or improvement.

LIEs often feel an internal need to maintain autonomy over their affairs and schedules. They may exhibit a degree of impatience and can become especially frustrated if circumstances out of their control hinder their productivity. They also may often feel stifled unless they have a degree of flexibility with which to change their plans as situations change. LIEs may feel most at home when vigorously occupied with a myriad of things to do.

LIEs' imaginative inclinations are often not superficially obvious given their intense pragmatism. Nonetheless, behind their often encyclopedic knowledge and drivenness lies a rather internalized sense of mental activity, which can sometimes manifest in reflective, philosophical, and detachedly contemplative behavior. More commonly, however, LIEs' imaginative efforts are subservient to the domain of and become manifest in reflection and constant reevaluation over the practical matters in front of them. In this way, LIEs may direct their phrenic energies towards developing new analogies and metaphors for conceptualizing their understanding, juxtaposing concepts and thinking about the same material in different ways.

Role extroverted ethics

LIEs are capable of making an effort to adapt to the prevailing emotional atmosphere in group situations, and trying to promote a positive emotional environment. They may try to present themselves as cordial and friendly, and some LIEs have a rather cerebral and witty sense of humor. Such efforts, however, are normally low-key and of short duration. They may end up naturally subtituting small talk and polite banter into an exchange of information or an argument on serious topics -- which may be perceived by their interlocutors as rude, hostile, or uninteresting.

While they may try to present themselves as friendly, they most typically come off as polite but relatively unengaging emotionally. It is often difficult for them to spontaneously display strong emotions, and they may come across as stiff or overly contained in situations where loud or intense emotional participation is expected of them. Instead, it is a much more natural interactional style for LIEs to discuss matters that they feel are of substance and importance, and they much more naturally adopt the subdued, candid and businesslike style suited to this role.

LIEs most typically maintain a calm and affable affect rather than a heated emotional disposition, though they can be inclined to argumentativeness and distrust.

Vulnerable introverted sensation

LIEs tend not to pay much attention to their physical environment or immediate surroundings. They usually have little to no interest in the aesthetics of their environment. They may neglect matters of organization, cleaning, or other tasks related to the maintenance of their physical environment. They often do not pay much attention to their physical well-being, considering the care of their bodies mostly as a nuisance, and may fall into a lifestyle of pushing and overworking themselves. They also may not be very aware of the need to relax or refresh themselves, and may engage in minimal leisure time. They may become listless and bored with simply relaxing, preferring instead to do something productive or informative in their spare time.

LIEs tend not to be very concerned with dealing with minor details related to their practical work. They may be inclined to speculating and considering long-term strategies and information, while neglecting the practical matters of organization and the details of implementing their ideas. If SLIs are independent, self-sufficient, and inclined to work with their hands to perform and/or oversee all of their projects, LIEs are the opposite; they could not care less about such things and would just as well hire someone else to do their dirty work.

Suggestive introverted ethics

LIEs often have a poor understanding of how others react to them emotionally and typically have some difficulty gaging the state of their relationships with those around them. Their prototypically direct and straightforward lifestyle does not naturally lend itself towards the ambiguity and uncertainty of the complex emotional sphere which influences so many of the people they interact with. They are not naturally in touch with their own internal emotional states, and they may be somewhat fixated and perpetually in doubt of the emotional perceptions and hidden motivations of those around them. They commonly have difficulty making character judgments or assessing what behavior or intentions they should expect from others, and require sustained and unambiguous discussions of feelings in order to feel secure about their relations.

LIEs typically take seriously their own emotions as well as the emotional responses of others; for this reason, they are often highly principled and may place a great deal of emphasis on their personal integrity. They feel drawn towards associations of deep emotional connection, where personal and private experiences can be shared easily in an atmosphere of mutual trust, sustained by shared sentiments and ethical beliefs that make external expression of emotions unnecessary. They are often proactive in engaging others, but are rarely confident of their ability to correctly evaluate the existence or status of intimacy or closeness; they are best complemented by others who take it upon themselves to establish and unambiguously reinforce the sense of intimacy.

LIEs may be somewhat shy in establishing close friendships, and may expect others to initiate a sense of emotional connection even in formal or business situations. While LIEs can be reticent to state their emotional perceptions of others, unconsciously protecting them and considering them jejune and poorly formulated, they may take the approach that actions and personal meaning speak louder than words, and may go to great lengths to fulfill others' needs when interacting with individuals with whom they share kinship and respect.

LIEs may also seek guidance in their actions to ensure that they are following a clear set of ethical principles.

Mobilizing extroverted sensation

LIEs are essentially oriented towards big ideas, and sometimes get mired in the little details of their work. They can be somewhat avoidant, neglectful, indecisive, or simply scatterbrained in the details of their day to day affairs. They may have difficulty motivating or pushing themselves through force of will to take care of these kinds of details or decisions. They may lack the willpower and tenacity to resolutely and unerringly pursue their goals; they may appreciate the influence of highly steadfast individuals who push, encourage, or forcefully support them towards these ends. LIEs are different from dominants in this respect in that they are more naturally assiduous and may see volitional encouragement, essentially a push towards getting them moving or focused, as helpful in releasing their inactivity; however, the type of forcible imposition of one's goals onto another characteristic of dominants towards IEIs and ILIs might seem too interfering and a threat to LIEs' sense of autonomy.

LIEs commonly have a need to maintain a sense of autonomy and control over some aspects of their environment. They may have an inner need to know that their productive ventures will not be interfered with, and they dislike it intensely when they are hindered by factors outside of their control.

Ignoring introverted logic

LIEs are often not particularly interested in thinking about the internal consistency of logical systems. usually base their viewpoints and suppositions on factual information, evidence, and ideas external to systems of logical inference. As pragmatic and outwardly-driven individuals, LIEs often ignore logical and mathematical relationships between concepts, perceiving them as uninteresting, unproductive, and of minimal importance in effectuating one's own productive goals in the real world.

LIEs are confident in spotting internal logical contradictions in ideas and arguments proposed by others, and in pointing them out; however, they are more likely to point out how such ideas and arguments do not hold if checked against external evidence.

Demonstrative extroverted intuition

LIEs actively seek out new technologies, innovations, any pay attention to interesting developments or goings-on around them in search of useful information that they may later apply towards productive ends. They often have a keen interest in staying informed about the world going on around them and may further their knowledge and read about interesting novelties for their own sake, but consciously treat new or unusual ideas as always subject to the criteria of applicability and practicality. In the absence of an application of an idea to some useful end goal, LIEs usually will lose interest in it.

ILI description

Dominant introverted intuition

Introverted intuition in ILIs is predominantly characterized by mental wanderings. ILIs have a tendency to live not in the physical world, but instead in their minds, and often spend a great deal of time simply thinking and reflecting, as regardless of the responsibilities with which they are burdened. This mental focus can be manifest by reflecting on scenarios, on pondering bodies of information, and assorted concepts of interest. They may be prone to excessive day dreaming, creation of intricate inner worlds or universes, or mentally replaying elements of their own personal experience. ILIs may even have novelistic tendencies where they create intricate plots, characters, and places, though many ILIs may be generally unmotivated to display such creativity. However, ILIs are not always inclined to share their imaginative tendencies or thoughts with others.

The mind of an ILI is an oasis of sorts where knowledge is treated as a toy or even a vehicle that allows them to visit complex mental landscapes that are shaped and continually revised by new information. Nonetheless, an ILI is likely to find the process of accumulating new information tiresome and requiring too much of their energy; consequently, new information is often accumulated and updated in a rather lethargic, periodic, and occasionally incomplete fashion.

ILIs are often stereotypically represented as reclusive scholars, philosophers, scientists, artists, seers, and sages. The ILI, with their often unusual perceptions, may come across as unreachable, esoteric eccentrics. Because ILIs are confident about analyzing the implications of the knowledge that they have gathered, ILIs often appear perceptive, especially in fields of interest, and commonly tend to view the ideas of others with skepticism and scrutiny. ILIs may tend perceive others' intellectual contributions as deeply misguided or limited in scope, and may hold the viewpoint that many people do not know what they're talking about on a particular topic of interest.

ILIs predict inevitable disaster not altogether infrequently. This type of fatalism is spurned by their ability to see the negative in anything, which has its roots in the ILI's general dislike of expressing or reinforcing positive emotions. To an ILI, it may be easier to predict pessimistic results in order to avoid an unpleasant emotional reaction. Likewise, the ILI's sense of general self doubt leads him to be very conservative in his general outlook; why unnecessarily subject oneself to the uncertainty of possible disappointment?

ILIs typically exhibit a general detachment from day-to-day affairs. While an ILI might devote a great deal of time to his inner thoughts, very little attention is likely to be paid to such tasks as household maintenance or cleanliness, which the ILI sees as trivial matters not deserving of his time or effort.

ILIs can, in certain situations, act very tentatively. In many situations they are inclined to hesitate prior to taking any action or making important decisions. They may commonly be pervasively plagued by gnawing doubts on any topic that they contemplate. They may also prefer to observe and gather an understanding of a situation rather than actively participate. The ILI's restraint complements the hyperactivity of his dual, the SEE.

Creative extroverted logic

ILIs place great importance on factual accuracy and a basic understanding of how things work. Their views and perceptions naturally take into account any new factual information. For this reason, ILI's are often characterized by a nagging and constant sense of doubt, contradiction, and misinformation. They tend to be rather skeptical of other people's positions, and even frequently tend to question their own position. In groups the ILI will often question the validity of information being exchanged. Likewise, ILIs sometimes use a mocking and aggressive tone if they believe that the information being presented is wrong or absurd. ILIs can also be scrupulous in removing errors in facts and statistical data, especially in undertakings that they consider as high priorities.

A sense of the efficiency of the goings-on in an ILI's life is a prerequisite of sorts for the peace of an ILI. This manifests very differently in ILIs from SLIs; the latter are much more likely to be proactive about making their physical environment comfortable and managed with an efficient use of resources. By contrast, ILIs are largely indifferent about their physical surroundings, and their desire for efficient allocation of resources may extend to less tangible forms, such as the allocation of resources in a game or real world political (ideological) scenario, or the efficiency of a computer program or corresponding piece of code. An ILI may demonstrate such perfectionistic tendencies most conspicuously in such situations where they can work out the details in their head or on paper.

ILIs may differ significantly from dominant types in that they may not see it as critical to channel their energy on direct actions to achieve practical and societal gain, and indeed often do not even pursue the accumulation of new information very actively. ILIs may not directly associate their knowledge with any given purpose rather than to further their own understanding. They are also not very proactive at getting things done in the real world. While ILIs do recognize the necessity of gathering knowledge required for their day to day functioning -- forms, maps, directions -- they may develop a chronic habit of disinterestedly and lazily spurning such menial errands (especially if they need to physically talk to someone else to do something; it may be somewhat easier for them to simply do their errands if the relevant information merely requires looking up on the internet, or is otherwise easily accessible without bothering anyone).

Often ILIs have a deep factual understanding of subjects or specialized fields of interest which they find interesting or care about. Sometimes ILIs perceive the real-world occurrences around them, such as the daily tedium of work or school, through the lens created to understand the information that they care about most, although they may choose not to share this perception with others. They often have little to contribute in many social situations, but when the topic of their interest comes around they may tend to be the center of attention, disseminating the information of their expertise.

ILIs can often be highly critical of others' ideas and actions. Typically this is because others' ideas violate the ILI's understanding of the facts, or because ILIs see more efficient or workable solutions. ILIs often channel their energy towards constructive criticism because they frequently lack the initiative to take decisive action themselves. They may also channel their criticism into humor typically coated with irony, cynicism, witticisms, and sarcasm. Like LIEs, they may be inclined to see others around them as essentially ignorant or incompetent, and sarcastic responses directed towards individuals whose ideas they see as foolish can be commonplace.

Role introverted sensation

ILIs generally place moderate to minimal importance on such matters as cleanliness, comfort, and sensory stimuli. Some ILIs may perceive these elements as a distraction. It is not atypical of ILIs to be completely uninterested by and unable to find any value in something such as a piece of fine artwork. Different ILIs respond to different such artistic stimuli in different ways; for example, an ILI might scorn painting as being worthless but possess sufficient background to enjoy other media, such as sculpture or music.

ILIs are often uncertain about the messages that their own body sends them. An ILI might feel some irregularity in their own body and be unsure as to its significance in the overall functioning of the body. An ILI will seek to determine the consequence of such stimuli through their own understanding of the functioning of the human body -- often with minimal success at determining the true cause, and often blowing things significantly out of proportion. An ILI's sense of self doubt may lead to such assumptions as the presence of a brain tumor as the result of a mere headache. In contrast to types, ILIs are significantly less adept at making active adjustments to their lifestyle to correct these minor ailments.

ILIs are very capable of placing a moderate life focus on maintaining their physical comfort. ILIs often construct a lifestyle based on various activities which feed their own intellectual stimulation; though attention to maintaining comfortable surroundings is likely to be ignored insomuch as it interferes with the ILI's deep interests, ILIs generally will not ignore their own comfort entirely, as some attentiveness to it goes hand in hand with their inactive lifestyle. However, in doing so, ILIs often still neglect the world around them and become consistently mired in their own inertia, and are liable to perceive something as missing.

ILIs often feel very hesitant and resistant towards lifestyle changes that threaten the commodiously constructed surroundings that they create for themselves. Nobody is better suited to opening the ILI for change than the hyperactive SEE, whose constant activity is perceived by the ILI as refreshingly active.

Vulnerable extroverted ethics

ILIs are typically out of touch with expressing their emotional states. They are often seen as cold, unresponsive, and undesiring of human contact (which is often not the case). As a consequence, ILIs tend to be somewhat reclusive and often feel out of touch with their social surroundings. The rules of social "games" are often not naturally understood by ILIs. The are often unconfident and uneasy in social settings, especially those in which they feel that are expected to abide by social conventions that they have little connection to such as tribesmanship or purposeless joviality. Additionally, ILIs tend to regard the development of trust with others with significant anxiety, fearing that their inner world or antisocial tendencies will be unfavorably looked upon by others, and that most of the good will and friendliness they see in others is a pretense of social interaction rather than an expression of genuine emotional reactions. Often ILIs eschew many social situations and neglect emotional association with groups, instead seeking deep emotional connections with individuals.

ILIs are often seen as especially negative, overly critical, and sometimes harsh in their judgments. This is in part because ILIs -- when serious -- tend to communicate in a direct, straightforward manner. They sometimes are unaware of others' reactions to their ideas and may avoid sugar-coating them. Many ILIs see their criticism as constructive and believe that they would be doing others no good by withholding their ideas. Because of their incessant criticism and negativism, ILIs are sometimes seen as haughty or arrogant.

Suggestive extroverted sensation

ILIs are often characterized by their inertia. If left to their own devices, ILIs may choose to do relatively little to interact with the outside world. When they do interact with the outside world, ILIs often find their activities to be empty and unfulfilling. To ILIs, life is often characterized by periods of stimulation. For the ILI, however, true stimulation is often spontaneous, and interludes between periods of stimulation are often characterized by tedium, inertia, and apathy. ILIs are often not very adept at finding new areas of interest, and may seek to continue to reproduce past experiences instead of moving on to new things. In order to break out of this cycle, ILIs require an outside stimulus of spontaneity and activity. With such a degree of spontaneity introduced into their lives, the tedium and perceived meaninglessness is replaced by a constant state of activity in which the ILI can experience new things and escape from the confines of his own mind.

ILIs may often have an attitude of reticence towards enlisting the assistance or company of other people. This subdued attitude is due to a strong disinclination on the part of ILIs to annoy or bother others with their needs. They also may tend to assume that others are not interested in them or what they are doing, and that offers to help them represent a facade of social nicety rather than genuine interest or good will.

ILIs are additionally very indecisive. They may lack the ability to make important decisions, especially with regards to their own future. ILIs do not always necessarily know what they want out of life and may have difficulty setting or achieving long term goals. In order to be able to act, ILIs require an impetus from someone who has a clear goal or material vision and the energy to pursue such an ideal.

ILIs may perceive work-related or intellectual pursuits as being of great long-term importance, but such interests are often not perceived as possessing great importance in the short term and rarely suffice as a true replacement for the discomfort that an ILI may feel at his lack of decisiveness or inertia.

Mobilizing introverted ethics

is a strikingly influential factor in the mindset of an ILI. ILIs tend to deeply value feelings of attachment to those whom engage them in a deep and lasting emotional kinship. They have a hard time establishing these sentiments as they are naturally disinterested in most people, who seem outwardly unremarkable or having nothing in common with them. However, when the ILI has developed deep interpersonal bonds, they tend to hold on to such attachments very deeply. ILIs are almost always deeply unconfident about their social abilities and, consequently, they rarely speak of their inner bonds with others to common outsiders with whom they share merely superficial acquaintanceships. Feelings of this sort are rarely talked about with others, but the ILI may be painfully aware of these sentiments for fear of appearing overly sentimental or having feelings that are "out of line" or inappropriate to their present level of social interaction. ILIs may tend to love from afar and in their solitude if there is something or someone they love, because of their lack of confidence in their own feelings. Some ILIs may even be closet romantics. ILIs can also be quite sensitive, despite their outward emotional reservation, and are sometimes far more emotionally vulnerable than they demonstrate.

In general, ILIs are fundamentally good-natured and conscionable people who may place a great deal of importance on ethical principles. In fact, ILIs may have a very strong sense of good will and loyalty towards others if they find the others to be similarly reasonable, trustworthy individuals. ILIs do not always demonstrate this loyalty explicitly. As a consequence, ILIs are not always seen as kind people, instead more typically appearing standoffish, cold, or hostile. If ILIs are drawn in by sincere and engaging individuals, the ILI's sense of compassion may be realized and so surface. ILIs can be calm, attentive, and sympathetic listeners to the plights of their emotionally volatile duals, and can be very drawn to the state of deep bonds that they feel with them.

Many less actualized ILIs hold a far more vindictive attitude. The ILI as a type has the potential to aggressively and relentlessly attack other people's intelligence, ideas, and character. Even so, such actions may precipitate conflict which the ILI is liable to find highly tiresome and frustrating -- as well as blurring the ILI's mental image of the facts, thus making him feel as though his work is unfinished. Such people who have been blacklisted are often in the ILI's eyes very deserving of this role, but the ILI may find that other people do not agree and faces the choice of either withdrawing in order to avoid interacting with the object of derision, or else continuing to interact, thus perpetuating the process and compounding the ILI's frustration. Such judgments may be very difficult to extricate from the ILI; such a process requires a copious amount of often thankless moral support and truth; SEEs are the persons most well equipped for this task, and may in their occasional naivete of others' motivations benefit from the ILI's rather harsh stances. Typically, however, if the ILI is engaged with people with whom he feels very close and respects, he sees little need to interact with such individuals that would inspire his aggression.

ILIs rarely, if ever, take it upon themselves to display emotional, social, or physical initiative. To engage other people, especially in unfamiliar circumstances, can be a harrowing task for ILIs, and one from which most ILIs usually try to refrain. Nonetheless, ILIs are often treated with uncertainty or dubitation by most others due to their large inability to give off clear emotional data; ILIs may appear overly polite, formal, and robotic in social situations. ILIs seeking emotional ties with individuals may find themselves forced to take the initiative with others, a task for which even friendly ILIs are poorly equipped and bogged down with uncertainty. Even when ILIs do take some initiative upon themselves, they almost never succeed in reaching a depth of emotional connection which satisfies them.

Realization and development of in ILIs represents a process of growth. Some ILIs with minimally developed can be far less aware of the importance of lasting emotions, and can appear far more insensitive, unfriendly, and antagonistic.

Ignoring extrovertd intuition

Though ILIs often have deep intellectual interests, they are likely to be relatively limited in the range of ideas that they consider. Whereas leading types may jump from idea to idea in quick succession, ILIs are likely to focus more closely on a more limited batch of mental themes in their ruminations. ILIs are also often critical of new ideas which do not correspond to their overall understanding of a subject.

ILIs often believe that a well developed understanding of a situation is of greater importance than a deep understanding of the potential outcomes. To an ILI, it would be a silly exercise to simply list a number of possible outcomes without considering the likelihood of their realization and why they may or may not come to pass.

ILIs may be more apt to take a more practical or imagination-oriented approach to evaluating the outside world. They are unlikely to generate comprehensive ideas about new and unusual concepts that they have just discovered; instead, they most typically incorporate new information into their database carefully and ploddingly. They may instead seek to expand upon aspects of things they already know or build upon their own internal realities -- such as thinking of possible characteristics or plots for inner mental universes. Additionally, they may seek to exert their mental faculties to deal with ideas in the real world, such as those pertaining to areas like economics, politics, or anything regarding the development of modern society.

ILIs often have difficulty adapting themselves to new intellectual interests. They instead seek to limit the amount of new information that they have to learn. Consequently, they may recycle interests until the same interests become a drudgery, even so much that intellectual progress becomes stunted.

Demonstrative introverted logic

ILIs are often able to understand formal logical systems without difficulty. Nonetheless, most ILIs are often not interested in interpreting overly systematic or deterministic models of reality. The ILI's view of reality is a mental and often esoteric one, and they may view models which focus on systematic connections with no apparent external basis as fodder for discussion, but are not likely to taken them very seriously in the absence of external evidence. Instead, ILIs often ground themselves by focusing on real-world or practical examples of their mental wanderings. ILIs may reject the notion of overly complicated theories in favor of simple, sensible interpretations that are easily understood and observed.

Instead of relying on systematic bases of knowledge, ILIs often fall into a constant cycle of dynamically reevaluating their informational outlook (ie "this may change, but at the moment i sort of am inclined to think the facts suggest that droog is better than blinth, despite these plausible alternative interpretations").