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1
Introduction
2
Information Element Notations
3
Information Element Themes
4
States of Mind
5
Information Element Dichotomies
5.1
Static / Dynamic Information Elements
5.2
Extroverted / Introverted Information Elements
6
See also
7
External links
Introduction
The
information  elements
(also
IM elements
,
elements  of information  metabolism
, or, confusingly, "
functions
") are eight mental categories that play a key role in interpersonal interaction. They are denoted using the same symbols and names as the
information aspects
. The difference between them is that information elements are subjective properties of the psyche, whereas information aspects are objective properties of reality independent from psyche.
Information Element Notations
Information elements
Name
Symbol
2-letter
1-letter
Introverted sensing
Si
S
Extraverted intuition
Ne
I
Introverted logic
Ti
L
Extraverted ethics
Fe
E
Introverted intuition
Ni
T
Extraverted sensing
Se
F
Introverted ethics
Fi
R
Extraverted logic
Te
P
Information Element Themes
Si
Introverted Sensing
: homeostasis, continuity, smoothness, flow, satisfaction, aesthetics, quality of life, pleasure, relaxation, convenience, quality
Ne
Extraverted Intuition
: potential, permutation, isomorphism, semblance, essence, uncertainty, the unknown, opening up new "windows" and bringing up new possibilities in conversation, seeing opportunities, chance, being the first, refreshing informational suddenness, diversity of interests and involvements
Ti
Introverted Logic
:  structure, analysis, coherence, consistency, cogency, accordance, match, commensurability, understanding, order, or the lack of thereof
Fe
Extraverted Ethics
: emotional atmosphere, romanticism, cooperation, treatment, qualitative judgement of behavior, sympathy, ethical estimations of observable actions, "ethics of actions"
Ni
Introverted Intuition
: development over time, historicity, cause and effect, consequences, repetition, archetypal themes and examples, looking for causes in history or the past, past-future forecasting of event dynamics, rhythm, delay or act-now, past-turned imagination
Se
Extraverted Sensing
: sensing of immediate static qualities of objects, sensing of immediate reality, external appearance, texture, form, static objects, impact, direct physical effect, span, extent, scope
Fi
Introverted Ethics
: internal harmony, resonance or dissonance of personal sentiments, sympathy, pity, compassion, support, condemnation, judgement, positive and negative emotional space
Te
Extraverted Logic
: efficiency, method, mechanism, knowledge, work, reason in motion, direction of activity into its most logical course of action, "logic of actions", utilitarianism, expediency, benefit
States of Mind
When a person is "using" an element he naturally goes into a corresponding state of mind, which is reflected in his body language and
vocabulary
, and tends to have a similar effect on the people around him, who will react based on which
function
that element occupies in their
Model A
, with interest (
Ego
), amusement (
Super-Id
), boredom (
Id
), or irritation (
Super-Ego
), etc.
Si
: a physically relaxed state of mind, turned to the continuity and flow of the moment
Ne
: seeing the potential on the current situation, bringing up various possibilities up to discussion, recombinative play, permutations, variations, alternatives, solutions, including options that seem improbable or even absurd at times, informationally renovative and refreshing conversation
Ti
: analytical state of mind, clarity and exactitude of thought, a sense of coherence, order, and regularity at different levels of structure, "debugging": seeing the whole system and then spotting nonsensical flaws or mistakes, or alternatively building one's own systems from simple and well-understood parts
Fe
: assessing the moods and attitudes from dynamics of surroundings and the actions and choices of others, being perceptive of the "emotional atmosphere", analyzing and evaluating emotions and attitudes of others based on their currently observable reactions and actions, with to express one's feelings and experiences openly and directly, to impact the emotional and social space, which can be done through expressive combination of words and gestures
Ni
: a protracted and reflective state of mind, "falling out of time" and later trying to make up for lost activity, generalizing and abstracting past events from memory, using these generalizations to see what's going to happen, reflecting upon the past in order to be able to evaluate what is possible to do in the present moment and to predict the most likely course of events, patience that borders with inactivity
Se
: awareness of the space and concrete environment around oneself, externally observatory state of mind, "sensing of reality", "factual perception of reality", everything around you gets registered no matter if you can touch it or it's way off in the distant distance, a mobilized state, exerting force on objects and people with the goal of moving them around in space, in Se perception a person or object can be influenced only in space
Fi
: an analytical state of mind, analysis of personal feeling and stances, harmony or disharmony of personal values and sentiments, endearment, closeness, moral satisfaction, emotional sensitivity, deep personal conviction that may produce moral firmness and resolve
Te
: an evaluatory state of mind that directly assesses events and actions of other people from logical POV and openly voices those assessments, assessing and estimating productivity, efficiency, usefulness, rational sense of any given involvement venture or activity, steady and purposeful state of mind that leads to making rational actions despite the present sentiments
Information Element Dichotomies
This page or section is
incomplete
. Additional contributions are needed.
There are 3 basic dichotomies of
information aspects
, and thus 4 derived dichotomies (
see the
mathematics
of the Reinin dichotomies
.)
The dichotomies
Static
/
Dynamic
and
Extroverted
/
Introverted
(a.k.a.
Body
/
Field
) came from
Aushra Augusta
, and
External
/
Internal
was suggested by another early author. However, this last dichotomy is criticized by some socionists for its lack of meaningful content. The
Rational
/
Irrational
dichotomy comes from
Jung's typology
.
Static
Ne
Ti
Se
Fi
Static "snapshots", unconnected episodes
Dynamic
Si
Fe
Ni
Te
Objects and fields in constant continuous motion
Extroverted
Ne
Fe
Se
Te
Apparent qualities and causal relationships
Introverted
Si
Ti
Ni
Fi
Internal qualities, internal relationships between things
External
Si
Ti
Se
Te
Explicit, directly sensible content of reality
Internal
Ne
Fe
Ni
Fi
Implicit, indirectly perceivable content of reality
Irrational
Si
Ne
Ni
Se
Perception first, unfiltered "as is" information
Rational
Ti
Fe
Fi
Te
Judgement first, ordered evaluated information
Abstract
Ti
Te
Ni
Ne
Involved
Fi
Fe
Si
Se
Alpha values
Ti
Fe
Si
Ne
Gamma values
Fi
Te
Ni
Se
Beta values
Ti
Fe
Ni
Se
Delta values
Fi
Te
Si
Ne
Static / Dynamic Information Elements
Static
information is discrete and about things that change abruptly:
Ne
: discrete temporal phases and sets of discrete alternatives
Ti
: discrete logical and structural dependencies between states of affairs.
Se
: discrete spatial boundaries that delineate territory and control.
Fi
: discrete types of interpersonal relationships, such as "friend" or "enemy".
Dynamic
information is continuous and about things that are in constant fluctuation:
Si
: one's continuous physical exchanges with one's environment.
Fe
: the continuous excitations in people's psychological states.
Ni
: the continuous evolution of things over time.
Te
: the continuous incoming stream of objective facts about the world.
Extroverted / Introverted Information Elements
Extroverted
information is information about things as they are, independent of relations to other things:
Ne
: something has potential or does not
Fe
: one is happy or sad
Se
: one is aware of external properties of reality or not
Te
: something is useful or not
Introverted
information is information about how things relate to one another, independent of their innate properties:
Si
: Person X is comfortable with Condition Y or is not
Ti
: Statement X follows logically from Statement Y or does not
Ni
: Course of events X will lead to Consequence Y or not
Fi
: Person X relates well to Person Y or does not
See also
Semantic Content of Symbols Used in Socionics
by
Aushra Augusta
External links
Information Elements
by
Rick DeLong
IM elements
Extroverted intuition
Extroverted logic
Extroverted sensing
Extroverted ethics
Introverted intuition
Introverted logic
Introverted sensing
Introverted ethics
Classical socionics
IM elements
-
Functions
-
Socion
-
Type dichotomies
-
Intertype relations
-
Small groups
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