Attempts have been made to describe the socionic types in terms of temperament. The most well-known temperament system places sixteen types into 4 groups that share the same two sides of Extroversion/Introversion and Rational/Irrational dichotomies:
Ij temperament: Balanced-stable - Introverted, Rational, Static
Ip temperament: Receptive-adaptive - Introverted, Irrational, Dynamic
Ej temperament: Linear-assertive - Extraverted, Rational, Dynamic
Ep temperament: Flexible-maneuvering - Extraverted, Irrational, Static
*static/dynamic dichotomy is further expanded on here
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Gulenko's symbols for the IEs are as follows:
S = sensus/sensing (Si)
I = intueor/intuition (Ne)
L = lex/law/logic (Ti)
E = emoveo/emotion (Fe)
T = tempus/time (Ni)
F = factor/force (Se)
R = relatio/relations (Fi)
P = profiteor/profit/production (Te)
Note: The demonstrative function or 5th function in Gulenko's energy model = (roughly) the creative function in Model A. So whenever Gulenko says demonstrative or 5th, you can safely interpret that as creative for today's purpose.
Demonstrative Intuition
In the model of the TIM, the 5th position is called demonstrative function. This is the most powerful internal function,
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