order of functions
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NFJ's come in two flavors.
INFJ
Introverted Intuition
Extroverted Feeling
Introverted Thinking
Extroverted Sensing
ENFJ
Extroverted Feeling
Introverted Intuition
Extroverted Sensing
Introverted Thinking
I will be writing about the INFJ.
How this works is imagine you have a car and in this car you have four passengers: Driver, Navigator, 12 year old, and 4 year old. The ages correspond to levels of proficiency in an undeveloped state, which with development either forced or natural can alter the strength of the cognitive functions.
INFJ
Driver: Ni
Navigator: Fe
12 Year old: Ti
4 year old: Se
The driver for all types is an unconscious function i.e. it is on all of the time and there is no way to turn it off or regulate it. This is each personality types core strength due to having used it nonstop, besides for when sleeping, for the duration of being alive.
The navigator is the first function you can consciously control and comes packaged with the driver.
Upon further development the 12 year old or tertiary function becomes available for use usually at around the age of 30+. Though an important thing to note is that INFJ's have a tendency to develop this first before the extroverted feeling.
The 4 year old or inferior function is developed usually around 40+ and it manifests as the drive and motivation in peoples lives. Extroverted sensing is all about experiencing the world through the senses and for INFJ's this manifests as a desire to create. Dario Nardis` research has shown that people tend to develop into the opposite type (reversed functions).
INFJ
Ni
Fe
Ti
Se
ESTP
Se
Ti
Fe
Ni
A well developed 50+ INFJ will have a strong Ni that is able to analyze copious amounts of information both in the Fe and Ti modality and will also be able to use Se to communicate the "visions" in the real world.
INFJ
Introverted Intuition
Extroverted Feeling
Introverted Thinking
Extroverted Sensing
ENFJ
Extroverted Feeling
Introverted Intuition
Extroverted Sensing
Introverted Thinking
I will be writing about the INFJ.
How this works is imagine you have a car and in this car you have four passengers: Driver, Navigator, 12 year old, and 4 year old. The ages correspond to levels of proficiency in an undeveloped state, which with development either forced or natural can alter the strength of the cognitive functions.
INFJ
Driver: Ni
Navigator: Fe
12 Year old: Ti
4 year old: Se
The driver for all types is an unconscious function i.e. it is on all of the time and there is no way to turn it off or regulate it. This is each personality types core strength due to having used it nonstop, besides for when sleeping, for the duration of being alive.
The navigator is the first function you can consciously control and comes packaged with the driver.
Upon further development the 12 year old or tertiary function becomes available for use usually at around the age of 30+. Though an important thing to note is that INFJ's have a tendency to develop this first before the extroverted feeling.
The 4 year old or inferior function is developed usually around 40+ and it manifests as the drive and motivation in peoples lives. Extroverted sensing is all about experiencing the world through the senses and for INFJ's this manifests as a desire to create. Dario Nardis` research has shown that people tend to develop into the opposite type (reversed functions).
INFJ
Ni
Fe
Ti
Se
ESTP
Se
Ti
Fe
Ni
A well developed 50+ INFJ will have a strong Ni that is able to analyze copious amounts of information both in the Fe and Ti modality and will also be able to use Se to communicate the "visions" in the real world.
So, you are saying that as time passes, they learn to use functions simultaneously and more effectively. However, if they don't hone their use of these functions, they wouldn't be able to effectively use them all in a way that works together in a particular order.
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Development doesn't usually occur just due to time passing there has to be either a concerted effort of conscious development or forced due to difficult situations. Difficult situations force a person to move away from using the comfortable Driver+Navigator combination to using their 12 year old or even 4 year old to handle the situation.
Yes to more effectively and to some extent simultaneously. It is not so much simultaneous as the conscious control of which function is most active. For example the Ni driver is always active but as an INFJ it is possible to use more Fe or Ti at any given time and later in life Se as inputs into your Ni.
If they don't hone the use of their functions then they will be trapped with only the Driver and Navigator, unable to handle situations that exceed the abilities of the two functions. There isn't really an order per se but more of a development of the conscious control of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th functions which allows you to handle a greater range and increasing difficulty of events in your life.