Jungian Functions at a Glance
January 25, 2011
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In this post we are going to flesh out the difference between the directional Jungian Functions (i.e. ‘Extroverted Sensing’ vs. ‘Introverted Sensing’). This knowledge is usually only found amongst highly-trained type-scholars and as such, this post is considered an Advanced Lesson. If you are only just getting into Jungian Type, consider starting off with something more basic.
Below you will find some defining words about each of the eight functions. If you are unfamiliar with how to calculate a type’s functions, be glad that we admins at celebritytypes.com are always looking out for your interests, which is why we have compiled a Cheat Sheet for you 
iNtuition
| Ne | vs. | Ni |
| Springy | vs. | Dogged |
| Cognizant | vs. | Visionary |
| Including | vs. | Excluding |
| Observing | vs. | Envisioning |
| Chromatic | vs. | Wraith-like |
| Ever-inquisitive | vs. | Inquisitive-then-satisfied |
| From the one to the many | vs. | From the many to the one |
| Connecting the dots | vs. | Filling in the blanks |
| Dominant in: ENTP, ENFP Auxiliary in: INTP, INFP |
vs. | Dominant in: INTJ, INFJ, Auxiliary in: ENTJ, ENFJ |
Extroverted iNtuition (Ne)
vs.
Introverted iNtuition (Ni)
Thinking
| Te | vs. | Ti |
| No-nonsense | vs. | Belabored |
| Marshaling | vs. | Analytical |
| Organizing | vs. | Piercing |
| Expediency | vs. | Integrity |
| Dominance | vs. | Justice |
| Pursuing goals without reflecting | vs. | Reflecting without pursuing goals |
| Dominant in: ENTJ, ESTJ Auxiliary in: INTJ, ISTJ |
vs. | Dominant in: INTP, ISTP, Auxiliary in: ENTP, ESTP |
Extroverted Thinking (Te)
vs.
Introverted Thinking (Ti)
Sensing
| Se | vs. | Si |
| Promoting | vs. | Retaining |
| Intemperate | vs. | Temperate |
| Direct | vs. | Indirect |
| Photographic | vs. | Impressionistic |
| Expansive | vs. | Habitual |
| Noticing | vs. | Knowing |
| Awareness | vs. | Recall |
| Dominant in: ESTP, ESFP Auxiliary in: ISTP, ISFP |
vs. | Dominant in: ISTJ, ISFJ, Auxiliary in: ESTJ, ESFJ |
Extroverted Sensing (Se)
vs.
Introverted Sensing (Si)
Feeling
| Fe | vs. | Fi |
| Soothing | vs. | Championing |
| Appropriate | vs. | Sincere |
| World-then-ego | vs. | Ego-then-world |
| Norms | vs. | Ideals |
| Harmonic | vs. | Certifying |
| Dominant in: ENFJ, ESFJ Auxiliary in: INFJ, ISFJ |
vs. | Dominant in: INFP, ISFP, Auxiliary in: ENFP, ESFP |
Extroverted Feeling (Fe)
vs.
Introverted Feeling (Fi)
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Thanks for the awesome page, I love the the image and text comparisons. I think that’s the most helpful J-functions explanation I’ve seen– it clicks! <3
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Thanks for this great information , if u can put more pictures and more comparison items it will be great and i will be happy more. can u tell me from where i could get more same information?? what source??
love the picture depicting the introverted feeling hahaha
Good post. Can you do teh same for the shadow side?
Thank you.
We don’t believe that there is a shadow side, though. Jung’s concept of the shadow is not explicitly related to his typology. What do we then believe? Well we hope to make that clear in our upcoming book
OK. So I will ask it differently – assuming the above is for functional aspects of Jungian functions (excuse the pun). Can you do a posting on the dysfunctional aspects?
The pathological aspect of personality is typically more on the functional, more superficial level than pertaining to type. That is why we use the typology of Theodore Millon on the site, e.g. “Unusuall for XXXXs NN also has YYYY traits.”
How about the repressed and puerile functions? How are they expressed?
BTW, do you have any books out right now?
None but two(!) in the pipeline.
Coming in the books
So once again, the ENFP is relegated to two meaningless pictures. A magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat and a crying baby. What exactly is that supposed to tell anybody?
Well the same goes for INFPs then as well. Just these days we are researching and restructuring the ENFP page and we take pains to how their serious and pensive sides as well as opposed to some portraits that portray ENFPs as mindless happy puppies. We also uphold certain science popularizes and inventors, whom other people want to deem T “because they do science.”
Could our functional portraits be better and longer? Yes.
Are we shortchanging ENFPs on the site? We don’t think so, but if you think so, drop us an email.
As for the functions, well:
Crying Baby: Purity of values. Maintaining one’s self-respect even in the face of situations where other people expect you to act otherwise (Fe the set table).
Magician: Seeing the unexpected, being “one step ahead” with regards to the possibilities of the external situation.
We’re sorry we can’t write more about this now. We’ll cover the functions in our upcoming book. In the mean time, we are adding more content to the ENFP page as we speak.
As an ENFP who’s been having a bit of an identity crisis lately (as in, coming to terms with who I am and no longer wishing I was some other type), I can understand feeling maligned by a picture of a goofy magician and a crying baby. Does the baby represent me or the way I think? It’s confusing. But I don’t want to split hairs, I really enjoy this site.
I do identify very closely with the idea of being “one step ahead” and my favorite pastimes are those that allow me to do so in a competitive nature. A chessboard would give me that impression, but since most people would see it as only strategy rather than unraveling the thought process of your opponent, that would be incomplete as well. Maybe a picture like this would be more appropriate. IMAGE
It sounds interesting that you were an ENFP who wanted to be some other type. Which other type(s) did you want to be, and what did you dislike about ENFP?
Although Judith Polgar is ENFP and a chess champion, we don’t find chess to be a precise allegory of Ne. Chess has grids and rules and the possibility of doing the unexpected is somewhat limited and you have to stay on the board. But Ne wants to go beyond the board
Someone else read our article and suggested this image for Ne. Perhaps it is better.