VH
Variable Hybrid
- MBTI
- NFJedi
I've mentioned this theory before, but I have recently developed more insight on it.
I think the cognitive functions are more like ranges than boxes. They range from the highly micro (introverted) to the highly macro (extroverted). For example, Intuition ranges from Ni to Ne, with a perfectly ambiverted point in the middle. All of the functions range in this way.
Our capacity with these functions increases and decreases across the range, creating something looks like the following graph (a rough estimate of my own capacities across the range).
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Notice how the dominant function (Feeling) isn't always the most developed function across the range, but it has overall more development. As each function follows behind, the spikes get thinner and less numerous, losing mass with each preference progression. In this example, the secondary function (Intuition) has a few spikes of development that exceed the development of the dominant function, but the overall development in this function is less than the dominant. The same is true for the tertiary function (Sensing) but more drastic, and even more drastic for the inferior function (Thinking) because we develop these functions only so much as we have to and tend to focus only on specific areas, unlike our dominant and secondary functions which we constantly use.
I think the cognitive functions are more like ranges than boxes. They range from the highly micro (introverted) to the highly macro (extroverted). For example, Intuition ranges from Ni to Ne, with a perfectly ambiverted point in the middle. All of the functions range in this way.
Our capacity with these functions increases and decreases across the range, creating something looks like the following graph (a rough estimate of my own capacities across the range).
View attachment 2664
Notice how the dominant function (Feeling) isn't always the most developed function across the range, but it has overall more development. As each function follows behind, the spikes get thinner and less numerous, losing mass with each preference progression. In this example, the secondary function (Intuition) has a few spikes of development that exceed the development of the dominant function, but the overall development in this function is less than the dominant. The same is true for the tertiary function (Sensing) but more drastic, and even more drastic for the inferior function (Thinking) because we develop these functions only so much as we have to and tend to focus only on specific areas, unlike our dominant and secondary functions which we constantly use.