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    Virtually all socionists believe type manifests as both patterns in functional competence (dimensionality of function) and patterns of functional preference. Socionists differ, however, with respect to their interpretations of the origins of these observable patterns. Some socionists (Group A) believe type is determined by one's innate preferences/level-of-comfort with respect to different sorts of information and that apparent functional competence is not innate, but a consequence of these preferences. Others socionists (Group B) believe type is determined by asymmetries in innate competence and that one's functional preferences result from these asymmetries in natural ability. A third group socionists (Group C) feel that functional strengths and functional preferences are co-determined, that neither can rightly be interpreted as a deterministic of the other. A final group of socionists consists of individuals who have not given the question any serious thought and do not know where they stand in the matter. I dare say the majority of you fall into this final group. Further, if forced to take a position, I imagine most of you would describe yourselves as "co-determinists" (group C) or adherents to the "innate-competence determines preferences" school of thought (group B). I strongly doubt that many of you adhere to a "preferences determine strengths" interpretation (group A).

    If you belong to group B or C, by definition you believe functional competence is intrinsic to type. Logically, you should also believe that type cannot realistically be faked since no amount of effort or concentration can overcome an intrinsic deficit in functional competence. Is this the general consensus among members of this forum?
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    I'm effectively a member of Group C (if type is not inborn, it arises so early in the first year or two of childhood that it makes no difference in practice). However, the question is hard to answer because I'm not sure what you mean by "realistic impersonation of a false type". If you mean like an actor on stage or in a movie, then yes, it's possible for a skilled actor to realistically fake another type. There might be some types which can't be faked in that way (I suspect it would be hard to convincingly impersonate your Conflictor or Supervisor, due to the weakness of the Vulnerable function), but certainly it's possible for some types.

    However, if you mean faked in the sense of living and interacting with people in real life, long-term, and convincing people that you're competent in areas in which you're really not, then no. It might be possible short-term, but eventually your lack of ability to improvise and innovate in your weak functions, and your unease with your unvalued functions, will show through.

    People do wear psychological masks (Jung's "Persona"), but these can't entirely hide one's inner type from a keen observer.

    In other words, you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

    I'm just not sure which poll option that makes me...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Krig the Viking View Post
    I'm effectively a member of Group C (if type is not inborn, it arises so early in the first year or two of childhood that it makes no difference in practice). However, the question is hard to answer because I'm not sure what you mean by "realistic impersonation of a false type". If you mean like an actor on stage or in a movie, then yes, it's possible for a skilled actor to realistically fake another type. There might be some types which can't be faked in that way (I suspect it would be hard to convincingly impersonate your Conflictor or Supervisor, due to the weakness of the Vulnerable function), but certainly it's possible for some types.

    However, if you mean faked in the sense of living and interacting with people in real life, long-term, and convincing people that you're competent in areas in which you're really not, then no. It might be possible short-term, but eventually your lack of ability to improvise and innovate in your weak functions, and your unease with your unvalued functions, will show through.

    People do wear psychological masks (Jung's "Persona"), but these can't entirely hide one's inner type from a keen observer.

    In other words, you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

    I'm just not sure which poll option that makes me...
    That makes you the first poll option.

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    Cool.
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    You can't fool yourself, or Ashton for that matter.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashton View Post
    What a clusterfuck of a poll. Which one do I pick if I think "type impersonation" / "type personas" are an entirely bogus hypothesis that merely reflect a diagnostician's inability to type?
    Let me get this straight. You are saying that a hypothetical scenario in which an individual intentionally misrepresents his/her type (or otherwise behaves against his nature for the sake of deception) is "an entirely bogus hypothesis that merely reflects a diagnostician's inability to type?" If this is the case, I don't know what to tell you as you've failed not only to respond to the question posed but also to state anything remotely intelligible. Better luck next time.

    Also, ashton, you really need to work on reading between the lines. Its no great surprise lots of people refuse to consider you an intuitive type. You are clearly intelligent, and yet so much flies miles over your head. Focus, Ashton, focus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashton View Post
    Or you're just a dyslexic retard. No great surprise, hurrr, since you apparently can't be fucked to make coherent use of line breaks in your OP.
    lol

    Bro, just cause fig Newton's candidacy is tanking doesn't mean you need to get all bent out of shape.


    Let's try this again in less complicated words: Anybody who takes the feat of 'type impersonation' seriously, probably can't type very well.

    Interesting theory you got there. You even went to the trouble of explaining it clearly this time. Nice work. I'm still not sure what you mean by "take seriously," but it's cool. I'll roll with it.

    Anyway, I take it you consider yourself a poor typer. Wait...what's that? You consider yourself an above average typer? Huh, that's odd. You have, after all, repeatedly accused Gul of impersonating an ethical type (cause he supposedly adores Fe) and ESC of impersonating ILI (cause he supposedly imagines himself the second coming of Carl Jung). Wouldn't that make you the sort of person "who takes the feat of 'type impersonation' seriously?"
    Perhaps you draw the distinction that impersonation necessarily involves self awareness of one's deception. If such is the case, you have successfully eluded the hypocrite label, but you still qualify as a grade A thread derailer; nothing you have written, after all, is remotely relevant to the question posed. Did you think I had asked forum members their opinion regarding the level of corresponding between competence in typing and how seriously a person takes "the feat of type impersonation?" I'm gonna go ahead and answer that rhetorical myself. No, ashton, you didn't think that. Without little consideration, you judged the contents of this thread in addition to its author useless/personally-distasteful and figured you'd jump at the opportunity to play little ms. know-all who thinks she's too cool for school.

    Well I've got news for you ashton, you've much to learn and you're certainly not too cool for school. So, kiddo, kindly do yourself a favor and put on that big-boy thinking cap of yours. It's time to start putting those brains of yours to good use

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashton
    Anybody who takes the feat of 'type impersonation' seriously, probably can't type very well.
    So you think it's impossible for anyone to accomplish type impersonation (and hence the feat should not be taken seriously)? I would put you in the first category, unless I'm missing something?

    Anyway, I feel like I'm Category B, and think true type impersonation impossible (although people can, say, change their speech to how they think a different type would speak, it would really only be achievable online or with limited interaction).
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    Quote Originally Posted by Krig the Viking View Post
    There might be some types which can't be faked in that way (I suspect it would be hard to convincingly impersonate your Conflictor or Supervisor, due to the weakness of the Vulnerable function), but certainly it's possible for some types.
    I've been told I can play the part of gamma NT. What do you think about that?

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    There is a Socionics article that references 'type impersonation' which has to do with Beneficiaries and Benefactors. It might be one of the articles siuntal translated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EyeSeeCold View Post
    There is a Socionics article that references 'type impersonation' which has to do with Beneficiaries and Benefactors. It might be one of the articles siuntal translated.
    I'll check it out. SEEEE Ashton I told you such a thing existed

    now where was I. Oh, yeah. Did you have an opinion on the question I asked eyeseecold?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gnarlycharlie View Post
    Did you have an opinion on the question I asked eyeseecold?
    I might not have understood your opening prompt correctly, but I'll go ahead.

    I think type is composed of the following: a structure of function dimensionality or capacity, which is basically the Strong/Weak dichotomy. Then there is functional preference which is Valued/Unvalued. Lastly, functional focus which is Conscious/Unconscious. Preference-focus-capacity; all of these together produces distinct competencies which are the 16 types.

    With that said, I agree that type impersonation is possible. Although one's functions are always (Strong/)Weak, (Valued/)Unvalued, and (Conscious/)Unconscious, it's possible for a person to adopt a persona of another type in regards to behavior - imitation through observation, either intentionally or reactively. Not to mention unconscious and sporadic psychological manifestations that faintly hint at other neighbouring types.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EyeSeeCold View Post
    There is a Socionics article that references 'type impersonation' which has to do with Beneficiaries and Benefactors. It might be one of the articles siuntal translated.
    Ah, yeah, it was called "imitation", and there might be a few more articles on it but here's the one I was referring to:

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    On vectors of social progress - Dovgan (translation)

    4. Social and psychological meaning of relations of request and revision [benefit and supervision]


    The essential social value of relations of benefit/request lies in activating effect that the benefactor has on beneficiary, a forced inclusion in socially meaningful activities and in informational imitation by the benefactor of the beneficiary that allows for the quadra progression to happen.

    The essential social value of relations of revision/supervision lies on one hand in the correction of the fulfillment of the request by the supervisor and in suppression of inadequate behavior of the revisee, and on the other hand in assisting supervisee in resolving problems that are too difficult to him to solve.

    In my opinion, the informational and energy transactions should both be considered.

    Social request provides the energy transfer from the benefactor to the beneficiary, unilateral unconscious programming by the benefactor of the activities of the beneficiary, including him into work. Benefactor creatively and suggestively influences the beneficiary (transaction between functions 2 and 5), pushing on the behaviorist energy lever that works according to the principle of "stimulus-response" (transaction between 1st and 8th functions), thus activating work of the vital ring of beneficiary. Beneficiary automatically tries to realize the programming that was passed onto him by benefactor.

    While energy moves from benefactor to beneficiary, information travels in the opposite direction. Benefactor inspects abilities of the beneficiary and in some time tries to imitate them. Beneficiary thus activates the benefactor (transaction from 1st to 6th function) transferring over the information about creative methods of action (transaction f2->f7) that extend and widen narrow standards of the benefactor in the aspects of 7th function, as well as give a simpler but more adequate program of behavior for benefactor's 4th function (transaction from 7th to 4th function).

    Thus in the ring of benefit there is one-sided automatic unwinding of the energy on account of benefactor exerting influence on behavioral lever of beneficiary f1->f8 (in quasi-identical relations this energy unwinding is mutual, the request is sent both ways).

    Revision or social control transfers information from revisor to revisee, enabling the movement of information along the mental ring. Revisor transfers information from 1st function to the weak 4th function of revisee, and receives information reinforcement of its 2nd function. At the same time the energy is switched off, which manifests as demoralization of the revisee as revisor shuts off the revisee (f1->f8). Revisee unconsciously influences the revisor (f8->f5) and offers an acceptable program (f7->f8). Revisor from one hand corrects inadequate behavior of the revisee and from the other hand offers support in revisee's inadequate 4th function.

    Thus in rings of benefit and revision the energy and information are moving in different directions. In relations of request/benefit, the energy is transferred from beneficiary to benefactor, forming a chain of one-sided activation, while in relations of revision the energy moves from revisee to revisor, forming one-sided chain of protection, when revisor catches the flag that the revisee is no longer able to carry forward.

    At the same time, information is moving in the opposite direction. In relations of request/benefit, information moves from beneficiary to the benefator. In this sense, what occurs is called "reverse request" (term introduced by DarkAngelFireWolf69), the main social attribute of which is imitation,due to which the values of one quadra are transferred to the next one within society or organization. For example, an EIE benefactor will imitate an SEE beneficiary, losing its ideological angle and becoming infused by values of freedom and prosperity. LSI benefactor will imitate an ILI, become more cautious, skeptical, pragmatic.

    The main part of the transaction of "reverse request" is in transfer from 2nd to 7th function. Beneficiary creatively shows the benefactor examples of new kind of behavior. 7th function is normative, it accrues the knowledge and know-how of others, adjusts values, it also possesses dual type of thinking.

    Also:
    Quote Originally Posted by Trevor Socionics PhD View Post
    DarkAngelFireWolf69's blog entry of 22.10.2010.

    http://goul.socionics.kiev.ua/2010/1...li-nevyigodno/
    And:

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    Quote Originally Posted by EyeSeeCold View Post
    Ah, yeah, it was called "imitation", and there might be a few more articles on it but here's the one I was referring to:




    Also:


    And:
    This too: http://www.socioniks.net/biblioteka/7/kolca_zakaza.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by gnarlycharlie View Post
    I've been told I can play the part of gamma NT. What do you think about that?
    Well, I don't know you or what type you are, etc., so I can't comment on your case specifically. But hypothetically you might be able to impersonate some other type for a while, with varying levels of success, depending on things like the circumstances involved, whether you're using weak or strong functions, how much practice you've had and how well you've honed your skill for impersonation, etc. However, an observant person, if they observe you for long enough, would eventually realize that your Gamma NT role is just a surface-level persona, and the real you is something different.

    This actually happens fairly frequently, although the people involved usually have no knowledge of socionics and are not intentionally trying to deceive one another. Often first impressions are based on the social role one plays, and can be dramatically incorrect. One could argue that the plot of Pride and Prejudice, for example, involves a case of a woman misreading a man's personality due to a mistaken first impression, and eventually realizing her mistake as she learns more of his true personality.
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    Its both, but type cannot be faked.

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