Quote Originally Posted by BLauritson
I tend to use Model A when thinking about functions within a person, although I don't follow it religiously. I think I tend to just learn enough to adapt Socionics (and Model A) to my own experiences rather than trying to understand it completely. Resultantly I tend to have a more intuitive view of how it works...bah I don't know what the hell I'm trying to say. Let's just say I use Model A as a foundation for my understanding and use my intuition from thereon, modifying it in my mind according to my reconciliation of my understanding of Socionics with my experience of it in action.
Indeed, that's how I use it also. For my understanding of reality it's best to learn from reality itself than from theory. Interpreting theory doens't work out always. Although sometimes theory answers some questions which cannot be found quickly enough in reality.