Originally Posted by
The Egbert Human
Temperament.
IP: nothing has changed so far, but it will, and that's fine. The world/self is seen as changing. Since things outside the self change, the IP adapts, changing themselves.
EP: nothing has changed so far, and that bothers me, I need to change things. The world is seen as mutable, but things haven't changed, so the EP changes them.
IJ: nothing has changed so far, and that's fine, I don't want them to change. The world/self is seen as static, with potential for change; deviations are seen as blips on the radar and things will go back to how they always have been. The IJ rides out the storms and continues as they always have been.
EJ: things are changing, and it's for the worst, so I need to bring things back on track. The world is seen as changing, usually not for the better, so the EJ exerts their Base function to change things to what they're meant to be.
It's a result of the interaction of extraversion/introversion and rational/irrational (and thus static/dynamic). Gilly is right. Go read socionics.us. There's a lot of useful bits and pieces there, which are all fully-functional building blocks for creating theory-kosher complex structures (just look at Gulenko's forms of thought, for instance).
Above taken from Expat through a friend of mine, AFAIA.
Reply With Quote