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Tag: sensing

  • Have You Ever Thought That You’re Actually Just A Smart Sensor?

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    Erik Thor
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    Maybe you’re just a smart sensor? So you posted a question asking whether you were an INFJ or an INFP. But the question you might be avoiding, that dreaded question, is that you’re not actually doubting between that at all. In fact, what you’re really wondering about is: am I a sensor, or am I…

  • Are sensors animal like?

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    Erik Thor
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    Because sensing and perceiving (SP) types love to act on instinct, they are often described as “animalistic.” This is not just a negative bias against the so called extraverted sensors (ISFP, ISTP, ESTP, ESFP), but it is also a stereotype against animals. Perhaps you have tried to type your animal. Almost all of the personality traits we…

  • Are sensors animal like?

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    Erik Thor
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    Because sensing and perceiving (SP) types love to act on instinct, they are often described as “animalistic.” This is not just a negative bias against the so called extraverted sensors (ISFP, ISTP, ESTP, ESFP), but it is also a stereotype against animals. Perhaps you have tried to type your animal. Almost all of the personality traits we…

  • Common INFJ Problems / The ESTP Shadow

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    Erik Thor
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    The shadow side of an INFJ is the ESTP. And while the ESTP is often misportrayed an aggressive jock, INFJs in the ESTP mode are not necessarily aggressive types. Thinking and Perceiving in itself is rarely an aggressive or controlling function. INFJs under the influence of ESTP don’t turn into some sort of shadow jocks.…

  • The Next Step For Neojungian Typology

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    Erik Thor
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    This is an excerpt from my most recent ebook, Next Steps For Neojungian Typology. Does Type Change? Personality is iffy and ever changing. This makes it hard to measure consistently. We are constantly being shaped by our environment and our experiences. We are constantly changing and reinventing ourselves. Perhaps the biggest issue for models like the…

  • Which types have the strongest values?

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    Erik Thor
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    Many believe that certain types, in particular the feeling or introverted feeling types, have stronger values than other types. That’s not true. We tend to believe that some values to be more moral than other values. That’s really not true. While you have values that are important to you, other types will have values that…