Types

Although I am using the MBTI-style type designations here, do not assume your MBTI type is your Socionics type. Really, it's best to forget what you know about MBTI while on this(or any other) Socionics site. However, in general, the E types are usually the same while the I types are typically their J-P counterpart(ie MBTI ISFP will be Socionics ISFJ).

Socionic Perspective: The Inspector

Mood

tough, controlling, serious, decisive, tough-minded, disciplined, mistrustful; stand their ground

Model A Analysis
intellectual			creative
shyness			role
estimative			suggestive
personal knowledge			concrete art

Socionics Description - From http://www.socioniko.net/

©I.Weisband, Working Materials, 1986.
©Translated by Dmitri Lytov, edited by Lev Kamensky, 2002.

1. A consistent adept. He is able to rationally and adequately choose the best of the available systems or dogmas and to fight for its implementation uncompromisingly up to the point of impertinence. He categorically rejects everything that cannot fit into this system, and perfects it to its ideal state. He is very consistent in the realization of his system, even when it comprises inconstancy. In this way Talleyrand succeeded in occupying the highest positions under Bourbons, the Convent, the Directory, Napoleon, and once again under Bourbons, and finally died prosperous and rich, which he has always strived for.
2. A sober realist. He never falls into despair or gives in to illusions; always he is equally stable, calm, and logical. He does not tend to fantasies and dislikes other people’s passion for hollow projects.
3. Researcher. He tends to profound analysis of narrow problems, establishes fastidiously their correlation to what he has previously learnt. He knows how to listen, sometimes he can listen simultaneously to two interlocutors. His norm of loneliness is high. He does not read much, prefers more to reflect – this is his favorite condition. He always elaborates the accumulated body of knowledge for practical implementation. To those who do not understand the problem in so many details as he does, his actions may appear paradoxical and unpredictable. Often he finds a solution where others are “too shy” to find it.
4. A mix of delicacy and adventurism. He is very reclusive and secretive. He does not like to be the center of attention. In communication, especially at a distance, he is sympathetic and not bothersome. At the same time, he needs listeners. He captivates people by his purposefulness in implementation of his own system. If he understands something and other people do not, he may fall into aggression. He is also stubborn and uncompromising, as a manager he tends to put the screws on. He is tactful, sympathetic to people; however, he treats them rather like instruments. Personal feelings, sympathies and antipathies do not distract him; the most important thing is the result. Ethic is submitted to logic (Stalin). He does not tolerate, when other people move his belongings – for him this is a grave insult. For him it is hard to tolerate aggressive people, although he does not strive to argue with them.
5. Stoic. He is hardy and just, does not spend time for redundant conveniences. He prefers to hide his real feelings: hunger, fatigue, pain, and fear – “an ill child will not groan, in order not to injure his mother”.
6. Close circle of friends. He does not hide his attraction to other people, sometimes it may even seem that he intends to show it. He does not leave unnoticed any person of the opposite sex. However, he can judge about other people’s feelings only by their external manifestations: e.g. how people look at him, speak with him. This is why he can easily mistake his desire to be loved for his partner’s real feeling. He is aware of that, and therefore is distrustful and suspicious.

Groups

• Belongs to the Beta Quadra group of the Socion.
• Belongs to the Traditionalist group of the Temperments.
• Belongs to the Statics group of the Reinin Dichotomies.
• Belongs to the Narrator group of the Reinin Dichotomies.
• Belongs to the Introverted with Logic (Coldblooded) group of the Gulenko's Communication Skills.
• Belongs to the Aggressor group of the Gulenko's Erotic Attitudes.

ISTJ Computer Function Analysis

Oldham Style: Serious

Oldham's Type Description

1. Straight face. Individuals with the Serious personality style maintain a sober demeanor. They are solemn and not given to emotional expression.
2. No pretentions. They are realistically aware of their own capabilities, but they are also aware of their own limitations; they are not tempted by vanity or self-importance.
3. Accountability. Serious people hold themselves responsible for their actions. They will not soft-pedal their own faults and do not let themselves off the hook.
4. Cogitation. They're thinkers, analyzers, evaluators, ruminators: They'll always play things over in their minds before they act.
5. Nobody's fool. Men and women with Serious personality style are sharp appraises of others. In their ability to critique other people, they are as unhesitating as in their own self-evaluation.
6. No surprises. They anticipate problems and when the worst happens, they're prepared to deal with it.
7. Contrition. Serious people suffer greatly when they realize they've been thoughtless or impolite to others.

Source:Oldham, John M. and Lois B. Morris. The New Personality Self-Portrait Rev. ed. New York: Bantam, 1995.

Disorder Perspective

The personality disorder which is a pathological representation of the Serious personality type is the Depressive Personality Disorder.

Basic belief: I am bad; nothing is pleasurable; there is no hope. Thinking strategy Withdrawal.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (American Psychiatric Association, 1994, pg. 733), for research purposes, describes Depressive Personality Disorder as a pervasive pattern of depressive cognitions and behaviors beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

• usual mood is dominated by dejection, gloominess, cheerlessness, joylessness, unhappiness;
• self-concept centers around beliefs of inadequacy, worthlessness, and low self-esteem;
• is critical, blaming, and derogatory toward self;
• is brooding and given to worry;
• is negativistic, critical, and judgmental toward others;
• is pessimistic;
• is prone to feeling guilty or remorseful.

The disorder does not occur exclusively during Major Depressive Episodes and is not better accounted for by Dysthymic Disorder.

Typical Beliefs

• I am always disappointed with myself and cynical about others and the future.
• I do not consider the spreading of good cheer to be among my responsibilities.
• I am not eager for authority.
• I expect those under me to take on a great deal of work.
• When I'm in charge, the work atmosphere need not be upbeat, personally encouraging, or even supportive.
• I can be quite critical of those who work under me.
• I never expect things to go right.
• I don't get much pleasure from anything outside of work.
• What's the use of looking at life from the bright side?
• Life is just work, pain, and loss.
• I'll believe it when I see it.
• Life is depressing; I have a right to always be pessimistic.
• I believe that my dark view of things is just being realistic.
• Bad news is interesting and reassuring because it represents reality.
• A person should remain faithful to their spouse, even if their spouse does not.
• I expect the worse from others.
• I am very critical of my mate.
• Other people expect too much of me.
• Parents should teach their children not to expect too much from life.
• Parents should inculcate the value of work; activities outside of homework and chores should be restricted.
• I am severely limited as a person; if only I'd been born with a different temperament.
• My life has been a series of failures and I am helpless in the face of forces beyond my control.
• I should continually prepare for the worst.
• I must keep my nose to the grindstone, adhere to routine, and remain undistracted by impulses and passion.
• I should always think everything through before acting, not take risks or challenge fate, and never try to escape into pleasure.
• There is no hope, now or ever.

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