Great article for differentiating Process/Result types in typing, which includes quasi-identicals, kindreds, mirrors, and business type - all very commonly mistaken for each other.
To summarize it: the thinking of Result types proceeds from seeing the general, overall picture down to the parts, particulars, and details that make it up. The thinking of Process types runs in the reserve, starting from the parts and details, and then building up to some kind of general worldview or conclusion.
Meaning that:
Result/Involutionary types think from general->specific.
Process/Evolutionary types think from specific-> general.
In friendships and romantic relationships, during cultural literary and intellectual discussions, "Process" types are most attracted and convinced by other "Process" types, who relay their information in exactly the way they are most receptive to it. And, of course, "Result" types are most receptive to the statements of other "Result" types.
For instance: the dual of "Process" type ILI is another "Process" type SEE. However, the ILI might find an intellectual interest in the statements, quotes, and written works of other "Process" types, such as his supervisor type EIE, beneficiary type EII, benefactor type LSI, and even his contrary type ILE.
This provides some invaluable clues to type identification, that are based on actual information metabolism of types, rather than on type social cliches or personality stereotypes.
A few examples of how to tell the difference between process from result types from written material (i.e. emails, letters, posts, texts:
Example of Process type writing: The paragraph opens up talking about specifics and progresses to a more general outlook - it was written by a girl of process/evolutionary thinking style (type SEE):
"I am trying to see things in perspective. My dog wants a bite of my peanut butter chocolate chip bagel. I know she cannot have this, because chocolate makes dogs very sick. My dog does not understand this. She pouts and wraps herself around my leg like a scarf and purrs and tries to convince me to give her just a tiny bit. When I do not give in, she eventually gives up and lays in the corner, under the piano, drooping and sad. I hope the universe has my best interest in mind like I have my dog’s. When I want something with my whole being, and the universe withholds it from me, I hope the universe thinks to herself: ‘Silly girl. She thinks this is what she wants, but she does not understand how it will hurt." – Blythe Baird
Example of Process type writing: The paragraph opens with the description of the particulars of the execution scene and the actions of the main character. The writing then builds up towards achieving a general conclusion: "... he was summing up the lesson that this long course in human wickedness had taught us-the lesson of the fearsome word-and-thought-defying banality of evil", indicating process type information metabolism. Indeed the author's type is SEE, a process/evolutionary type:
"Adolf Eichmann went to the gallows with great dignity. He had asked for a bottle of red wine and had drunk half of it. He refused the help of the Protestant minister the Reverend William Hull who offered to read the Bible with him: he had only two more hours to live and therefore no “time to waste.” He walked the fifty yards from his cell to the execution chamber calm and erect with his hands bound behind him. When the guards tied his ankles and knees he asked them to loosen the bonds so that he could stand straight. “I don’t need that ” he said when the black hood was offered him. He was in complete command of himself nay he was more: he was completely himself. Nothing could have demonstrated this more convincingly than the grotesque silliness of his last words. He began by stating emphatically that he was a Gottgläubiger to express in common Nazi fashion that he was no Christian and did not believe in life after death. He then proceeded: “After a short while gentlemen we shall all meet again. Such is the fate of all men. Long live Germany long live Argentina long live Austria. I shall not forget them.” In the face of death he had found the cliché used in funeral oratory. Under the gallows his memory played him the last trick he was “elated” and he forgot that this was his own funeral. It was as though in those last minutes he was summing up the lesson that this long course in human wickedness had taught us-the lesson of the fearsome word-and-thought-defying banality of evil." – Hannah Arendt
Example of Process type writing: The story begins with concrete examples and clarifications of definitions that pave the way to concluding statements. The concluding statements are deductions derived from the examples that have been given at the start. This is the general form of each paragraph as well as the story as a whole. For example, the first paragraph opens with "Friend of mine told me about Gandalf ..." and "Tolkien read Kalevala" and finishes off with a conclusion: "We're culturally trapped in archetypes". Information flow is: specific examples -> conclusion (concrete -> abstract). The author's type is ILE (link) which is a Process/Evolutionary type.
Friend of mine told me about Gandalf being based on Väinämöinen, main character in Kalevala, the finnish national epic. It is true that Tolkien read Kalevala. In Finnish. In the old Finnish which is already incomprehensible to me, especially since the story is in poetry. Later, another friend declared that Gandalf mainly got it's inspirations on Merlin. Very plausible. Why were they so similar? ..Later on, came Albus Dumbledore. If you study any of the "good wise wizard" archetypes, they're always pretty similar. We're culturally trapped in archetypes.
Did you know that the word "inspire" came from latin words which mean for the spirit(us), to step in. You are the well of spirits which affected to you. Be it from the primal source of inspiration (the organic and non-organic nature), self-conscious nature (the cultural creatures) or the inspiration wells made by the latter (art in all forms to a highly extended version of the word; literature, pictures, film) besides the reflections of culture (language, religion, myths, so forth).The simplifying, categorizing, optimizing human mind is very prone to making these symbols, set of characteristics and qualities in these subconscious icons. Even so far to take all of us with us to be influenced by these subconscious legends.
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Your types are a new assortment of myths based on other myths. You were playing your part even before you knew about socionics. Now you're probably doing even more so with slightly changed formula. Hopefully you're doing it somewhat consciously as the mind can mold itself while it is discerning of it's own mechanics. The observer watching the observer observing itself can be a self-undoing process, making room for building some new culture within.
Example of Result type writing: In this example, information presented in text is being wrapped-up or 'involuted'. Writing style is noticeably simplified. Information relayed has a somewhat coarse quality to it. This is likely due to the writer's cognitive style, which is holographic for type IEE, which is a Result/Involutionary type. Author is Jimmy Whales, the founder of Wikipedia.
..."Ideally, our rules should be formed in such a fashion that an ordinary helpful kind thoughtful person doesn't really even need to know the rules. You just get to work, do something fun, and nobody hassles you as long as you are being thoughtful and kind."
... "When someone just writes 'f**k, f**k, f**k', we just fix it, laugh and move on. But the difficult social issues are the borderline cases — people who do some good work, but who are also a pain in the neck."
..."We are a passionate community of volunteers who are trying to create a free encyclopedia for every single person on the planet. So we don't often think in terms of competition. We are going to do what we do and we hope Google does wonderful things as well. [...] If we were approaching this as a business we would think always: Oh, how can we position ourselves on the market... We just don't do any of that stuff."
Example of Result type writing: In each of the paragraphs below, the first sentence forms a summary statement. The remainder of the text consists of supporting information: numbers, examples, observations. Flow of information within the paragraphs is summary statement -> specific examples (abstract -> concrete). The author is Matt Ridley type Ne-LII, which is a Result/Involutionary type. Ridley's writings contain a pronounced anti-government sentiment and calls for decentralization, which is attributed to Democratic quadra.
The devastation wrought by our indigenous and traditional ancestors as they extinguished their way across the planet during and after the last ice age is only now becoming clear. Coincident with the first certain arrival of the people in North America, 11,500 years ago, seventy-three percent of the large mammal genera quickly died out. Gone were giant bison, wild horse, short-faced bear, mammoth, mastodon, sabre-toothed cat, giant ground sloth and wild camel. By 8,000 years ago, eighty per cent of the large mammal genera in South America were also extinct - giant sloths, giant armadillos, giant guanacos, giant capybaras, anteaters the side of horses.
If sporting faction are in effect ersatz battles between rival coalitions of males in a tribal species of ape, the ecstasy and agony of the modern football fan makes a little more sense. The enemy team and its factional supporters are almost as terrifying and provoking a danger to the fan as a group of murderous warriors would be to a Yanomamo. In ancient Roman chariot races in the Circus, the competing chariots were distinguished by the colours of their drivers' liveries. At first there were just two colours, white and red, but these were later complemented, then overtaken, by two more colours, green and light blue. This little device, originally intended to make the chariots more easily distinguished, gave rise to factions of rival supporters within the city. After Caligula, even the emperor often supported one faction or another.
Example of Result type writing: In each of the paragraphs quoted below, the conclusion or summary is presented within the first 1-2 sentences, while the rest of text consists of supporting examples and further explanations. In the first paragraph, the claim that "nothing is ever lost" is backed up by a concrete example: author's encounter with a native in East Africa. In the second paragraph, the claim that "man is profoundly disinclined to give up his beginnings" is once again backed up by a concrete example of author watching a witch-doctor perform a ceremony. Flow of information is "generalized conclusion -> specific examples" (abstracted -> concrete). The author is Carl Jung, commonly typed as IEI or LII, both of which are Result/Involutionary types.
But nothing is ever lost, not even the blood pact with the devil. Outwardly it is forgotten, but inwardly not at all. We act like the natives of the southern slopes of Mount Elgon, the East Africa, one of whom accompanied me part of the way into the bush. At a fork in the path we came upon a brand new "ghost trap," beautifully got up like a little hut, near the cave where he lived with his family. I asked him if he had made it. He denied it with all the signs of extreme agitation, asserting that only children would make such a "ju-ju". Wereupon he gave the hut a kick, and the whole thing fell to pieces.
This is exactly the reaction we can observe in Europe today. Outwardly people are more or less civilized, but inwardly they are still primitives. Something in man is profoundly disinclined to give up his beginnings, and something else believes it has long since got beyond all that. The contradiction was once brought home to me in the most drastic manner when I was watching a "Strudel" (a sort of local witch-doctor) taking the spell off a stable. The stable was situated immediately beside the Gotthard railway line, and several international expresses sped past during the ceremony. Their occupants would hardly have suspected that a primitive ritual was being performed a few yards away.
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Article: On vectors of social progress - Dovgan (translation)
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