Socionics
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In psychology and sociology, socionics is a pseudoscientificTemplate:Refn theory of information processing and personality types. It incorporates Carl Jung's work on Psychological Types with Antoni Kępiński's theory of information metabolism.Template:Cn
In contrast to the generally accepted views in personality psychology on age-related variability of the human psyche,<ref name="don">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="ger">Template:Cite journal</ref> socionics distinguishes 16 psychophysiological types (sociotypes) which it claims go unchanged throughout a person's life.<ref name="nik09">Template:Cite book</ref> The existence of personality types is extremely controversial in modern personality psychology.<ref name="ger"/>
Socionics was developed in the 1970s and 1980s, primarily by the Lithuanian researcher {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The name "socionics" is derived from the word "society", because {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} believed that each sociotype has a distinct purpose in society.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="blutner2010">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="Horwood J. 2012. Pp. 1-6">Template:Cite journal</ref>
The central idea of socionics is that information is intuitively divisible into eight categories, called information elements, which a person's psyche processes using eight psychological functions.<ref name="socion">Template:Cite journal</ref> Each sociotype has a different correspondence between functions and information elements, which it posits results in different ways of handling information and distinct thinking patterns. One prevalent idea in socionics is the theory of intertype relations, which is based on the interaction of these functions between types.<ref name="blutner2010" /><ref name="socion"/><ref name=as>Bukalov A.V. The potential of the individual and the mysteries of human relationships. – Moscow, International Institute of Socionics, PG "Black Squirrel", 2009. Template:ISBN</ref>
Independent authors point to the insufficient empirical validity of socionics both in its basis and in its further development, as well as the practical absence of studies on socionics outside the former USSR. The Commission on Pseudoscience of the Russian Academy of Sciences has placed socionics among such well-known pseudosciences as astrology and homeopathy.<ref name = "RAS"/>
PurposeEdit
Socionics provides a means of predicting the character of relations and degree of business compatibility, information sharing and psychological compatibility of people before their joining in one collective group, i.e. to solve the "inverse task" of sociometry.<ref name="ReferenceC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
According to Aleksandr Bukalov and Betty Lou Leaver, socionics uses Jungian typology, informational model of psyche, and theory of information metabolism for political and sociological analysis.<ref>Bukalov A. at al. Socionics: Review of science. – International Institute of Socionics, Kyiv, 1992</ref><ref name="Betty Lou Leaver">Betty Lou Leaver Oxford, Rebecca TITLE Mentoring in Style: Using Style Information To Enhance Mentoring of Foreign Language Teachers.PUB DATE 2000-00-00 NOTE 35p.; In: Mentoring Foreign Language Teaching Assistants, Lecturers, and Adjunct Faculty. Issues in Language Program Direction: A Series in Annual Volumes;</ref>
According to G. Fink and B. Mayrhofer, socionics is considered one of the four most popular models of personality (including cybernetic theory Maruyama, five-factor model, "Big Five" and the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator aka MBTI), deserving special attention because of its importance in the study of personality.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
According to J. Horwood, and A. Maw, socionics is a science developed by {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} in the 1970s. {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} and her colleagues worked with Carl Jung's personality typologies to develop personality-based relationship profiles. It was found that the nature and development of interpersonal relationships (both professional and personal) are far from random. Instead, they are based on how well suited each individual's psychological profiles are to one another, allowing {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} to develop 16 'socionic types' predicting and describing the interpersonal relationships between any combination of Jung's personality types.<ref name="Horwood J. 2012. Pp. 1-6"/>
According to R. Blutner and E. Hochnadel, "socionics is not so much a theory of personalities per se, but much more a theory of type relations providing an analysis of the relationships that arise as a consequence of the interaction of people with different personalities."<ref name=blunter2010 />
Philosopher L. Monastyrsky treats socionics as pre-science. At the same time, L. Monastyrsky himself proposes to pay attention to "the concept of socionic type".<ref name="mon">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Philosopher E. Pletuhina defines socionics as the study about the information interaction of the human psyche with the outside world, between people. She also defines it as the doctrine of psychological types of people and the relationships between them, as well as notes that the particular quality of socionics is that it considers the innate qualities of the human psyche, including the personality type, which cannot be arbitrarily changed without prejudice to the mental and physical health.<ref name="sociosphera.com">Е. Г. Плетухина СОЦИОНИКА КАК ОДИН ИЗ ИНСТРУМЕНТОВ ИНДИВИДУАЛЬНОГО ПОДХОДА В ВОСПИТАНИИ//PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF A PERSONALITY, Materials of the II international scientific conference on November 15–16, 2014. – Prague : Vědecko vydavatelské centrum "Sociosféra-CZ". Template:ISBN http://www.sociosphera.com/files/conference/2014/k-11_15_14.pdf</ref>
HistoryEdit
The basic structure of socionics was established in the 1960s and 1970s by {{#invoke:Lang|lang}},<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Clarify along with a group of enthusiasts who met in Vilnius, Lithuania. What resulted from their discussions and {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}'s personal investigations was an information model of the psyche and of interpersonal interaction based on Jung's typology but with eight psychic functions rather than four.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}'s first works on socionics<ref name=blunter2010>Template:Cite journal</ref> were published between 1978 and 1980.
Socionics as an academic disciplineEdit
Through the work of the International Institute of Socionics and other schools of socionics, there are four scientific peer-reviewed journals (on the practical application of the methods of socionics in management, consulting, psychology, pedagogy, education, psychotherapy, and humanities)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and an annual International conference on socionics.<ref>основная образовательная программа высшего профессионального образования. Направление подготовки 040100 "Социология" Template:Webarchive Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Approximate basic educational program of higher education. Direction of training 040100 "Sociology"</ref> The Institute gives "popularization and proliferation of socionic knowledge" as one of its goals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Svetlana V. Ivanova notes that socionics is taught in more than 150 universities in Russia, Ukraine and other CIS and European Union countries.<ref name="ivanova">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Some universities in Russia (including Altai State Technical University,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Bashkir State University,<ref>Антошкин В.Н., Адиев М.Я., Гайбадуллин В.Р. и др. Соционика и социоанализ : учеб. пособие. – Уфа: БашГУ, 2003. Template:ISBN</ref><ref>Гафаров А.А., Петрушин С.В. История и соционика. Метод социоанализа психологии ист. персонажей : Справ.-метод. пособие / Казан. гос. ун-т, Каф. полит. истории, Каф. психологии. – Казань.: КГУ, 1996.</ref> Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University,<ref>Орловская Л.М., Орловский И.О. "Основы соционики". Был успешно апробирован и является основным учебно-методическим пособием по курсу "Основы соционики" для студентов психологов и менеджеров Красноярского государственного педагогического университета</ref> and Saint Petersburg State University<ref>Психология: учебник/ В.В. Никандров . – М.: Волтерс Клувер, 2009. Template:ISBN Рекомендовано к изданию в качестве учебника редакционно-издательским советом факультета психологии Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета</ref>) Ukraine,<ref>Арутюнов В. Х., Мішин В. М., Свінціцький В. М. Методологія соціально-економічного пізнання Template:Webarchive. Навч. посібник. — К.: КНЕУ, 2005. — 353 c. (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Arutyunov V. H., Mishin V. M. and Svintsitskyi V. M. Methodology of socio-economic knowledge)</ref> Bulgaria,<ref name="sofia">Alexandrova N. H., Boyadjieva N., Sapundzhieva K., Kolarova C. D. "Социониката в социалната сфера Template:Webarchive"- Sofia Univ.izd. St. Kliment Ohridski, 2004. – 149 p. Template:ISBN</ref> and Romania,<ref>László-Kuţiuk M. Ghid de autocunoasţere. Elemente de socionică. – București, 2000. Template:ISBN.</ref> have published or commissioned a number of textbooks and monographs on socionics, or on psychology, pedagogy and management, which socionics and its methods are devoted to specific topics.Template:Original research inline
Areas of research include educational socionics,<ref>Суртаева Н. Н., Иванова О. Н.Педагогическая соционика и проблемы конфликтных взаимодействий. — СПб. ИОВ РАО, 2002. Template:ISBN Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Surtaeva N. N., Ivanova O. N. Educational socionics and problems of conflict interactions</ref><ref>Федорова В.К. Использование педагогической соционики в решении конфликтных взаимодействий субъектов образовательного процесса Автореферат дисс. канд. пед. наук. — Омск, 1998. (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Fedorova V. K. Using Educational Socionics in resolving conflict interactions in educational process. – Summary of the thesis candidate. ped. sciences. – Omsk, 1998.)</ref> sociological socionics,<ref>Антошкин В. Н. Оптимизация управления системой коммуникативной деятельности в социальной работе (2004). Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Antoshkin V. N. Optimization of system management communication activity in social work</ref> aviation socionics,<ref name=avia>Ариничева Ольга Викторовна. Совершенствование методов управления ресурсами системы "экипаж – воздушное судно" путем снижения отрицательного влияния человеческого фактора на безопасность полетов : диссертация ... кандидата технических наук : 05.22.14 / Ариничева Ольга Викторовна; [Место защиты: С.-Пет. гос. ун-т граждан. авиации]. – Санкт-Петербург, 2008. – 256 с. : ил. РГБ ОД, 61:08-5/858 Socionics application in Aviation Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>Типовая учебная программа по дисциплине: "Подготовка авиационного персонала в области человеческого фактора" (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Model curriculum for the discipline: Flight Crew Training in the field of human factors)</ref> library socionics,<ref>Грачев В. И. Библиотечная соционика — новое направление изучения библиотечной жизни // Научные и технические библиотеки. — 1993. — No. 7. — p. 19–20.(Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Grachev V. I. Library socionics – a new direction of studying the life of the library // Scientific and technical libraries. – 1993. – No. 7. – P.19-20.)</ref><ref>Исаева Е.Н. Перспективы соционики в библиотечном менеджменте // Московский государственный университет культуры и искусств. — М., 1999—2008. (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Isayeva E. N. Perspectives of Socionics in Library Management // Moscow State University of Culture and Arts. – M., 1999–2008.)</ref> technical socionics, linguistic socionics, penitentiary socionics, and socionics in other subject areas.
Socionics is used in education, not only as a tool for teachers to manage the learning process,<ref>Гуленко В. В., Тыщенко В. П. Юнг в школе. Соционика — межвозрастной педагогике. — Новосибирск: изд-во Новосибирского университета, 1997. Template:ISBN. Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Gulenko V. V. and Tyshchenko V. P. Socionics to between-age pedagogy. – Novosibirsk: Publishing House of Novosibirsk State University, 1997.</ref> but also as a basis for the development and improvement of education and training.<ref name="sofia" /> Bogdanova claim that a teacher holding socionic knowledge and technologies can consciously collaborate with others and improve professional efficiency.<ref>Богданова І.М. Шляхи вдосконалення професійної підготовки майбутніх учителів // Наукa і освіта. — 2011. — No. 4. — Ch. 1. — p. 34–36. (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Bogdanova I. M. The ways to improve the training of future teachers // Science and education. – 2011. – No. 4. – Part 1. – Pp. 34–36.)</ref> Targeted use of intertype relations helps intensify the didactic process, increase the motivation of students.<ref>Бобков В. В. Дифференцированный подход к обучению Template:Webarchive: психо-информационная точка зрения. Часть 1 // Электронный научный журнал "Исследовано в России". — 2006. — p. 371—400.(Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Bobkov V. V. A differentiated approach to teaching: psycho-informational point of view. Part 1 // Electronic Scientific Journal "Investigated in Russia". – 2006. – Pp. 371–400.)</ref> Socionics is also used to assess the individual psychological and personal qualities to forecast the success of employee career.<ref>Иванов Ю. В. Деловая соционика — М.: Бизнес-школа "Интел-Синтез", 2001. (Библиотека журнала "Управление персоналом"). (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Ivanov Ju. V. Business socionics – Moscow Business School "Intel-Synthesis", 2001. (Library of the "Personnel Management" Journal). )</ref>
Izmailova and Kiseleva found socionics interesting to be applied in advertising<ref>Измайлова М. А. Психология рекламной деятельности. Практическое пособие. — М. ИТК "Дашков и К", 2009. Template:ISBN. (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Izmailova M. A. Psychology of advertising. Practical Guide. – Moscow, 2009.)</ref> and marketing, because it allows you to explain the reasons for the behavior of consumers.<ref>Киселева Е.С. Роль и значение потребителя в системе маркетинга и способы управления поведением на основе соционики // Известия Томского политехнического университета. — 2008. — No. 6. — Т. 312. — p. 59–64.(Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Kiseleva E. S. The role and importance of the consumer in the marketing system and ways of control consumer's behavior on the basis of socionics // Proceedings of the Tomsk Polytechnic University. – 2008. – No. 6. – Vol. 312. – p. 59-64.</ref>
Socionics is a tool for the study of personality and creativity of the writer, the typology of the characters in his works.<ref>Ласло-Куцюк М. Ключ до белетристики. — Бухарест: Мустанг, 2002. Template:ISBN. (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: László-Kuţiuk M. The key to fiction. – București: Mustang, 2002.)</ref> The method of linguistic-socionic modeling proposed by L. M. Komissarova,<ref>Комиссарова Л. М. Лингвосоционическая методология изучения языковой личности в русском языке. Автореф. дис. на соиск. учен. степ. канд. филол. наук — Барнаул: Изд-во АГУ, 2002. — 23 с. (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Komissarova L. M. Linguistic-socionic methodology of study of language personality in the Russian language.)</ref> used for analysis of individual lexicon of language personality.<ref>Хачмафова З.Р. Лексико-тематическая группа "чувство" в лексиконе современной женской прозы. // Вестник Адыгейского государственного университета. — 2009. — No. 1. Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Hachmafova Z. R. Lexical-thematic group "feeling" in the lexicon of contemporary women's prose. // Bulletin of Adyghe State University. – 2009. – No. 1</ref> A translation of socionic characteristics in verbal ones is called the "method of linguistic-socionic modeling" and widely used.<ref>Голев Н. Д., Кузнецова А. В. Лингвосоционическое моделирование экстравертного и интровертного типов языковой личности // Вестник КемГУ. Филология. — 2009. — No. 3 — p. 95–98. (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Golev N. D. and Kuznetsova A. V. Linguistic-socionic modeling of extraverted and introverted types of language personality)</ref><ref>Залогина Е.М. Языковая личность: лингвистический и психологический аспекты: На материале романа «Бесы» и «Дневника писателя» Ф.М. Достоевского: Автореферат дисс. … канд. филол. наук. — М., 2005. (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Zalogina E. M. Language personality: linguistic and psychological aspects: based on the novel "Demons" and "Diary of a Writer" by F. M. Dostoevsky.)</ref>
Socionic methods have been proposed for the modeling of information processes in the "human-machine" systems,<ref>Букалов Г.К., Корабельников Р.В. Основы поиска новых методов повышения износостойкости рабочих органов текстильных машин. — Кострома: Изд-во КТГУ, 2001. Template:ISBN. (Template:In lang. Title can be translated as: Bukalov G.K., Korabelnikov R.V. Basics of search for new methods for increasing the wear resistance of the working body of textile machines. – Kostroma, 2001.)</ref> and practically used to model systems "aircraft operator" in pilots' training,<ref name=avia /> and other similar areas.
Due to the variety of applications of socionics, its concepts and information models, in the 1990s, Bukalov proposed to distinguish socionics of personality, or differential socionics, and generalized, more abstract integral socionics.<ref name="integr">Template:Cite journal</ref> Bukalov believes that the concept of information metabolism, cybernetic modeling and general systems theory extends beyond of psychology and sociology, and consider the relationship of technical information devices, and the types of information human interactions as operator with various technical and electronic management systems of major industries, including chemical, nuclear power stations, complex computer complexes with adaptive tunable to a specific operator interfaces.<ref name="integr" />
Propagation of socionicsEdit
International Institute of Socionics lists a number of academic publications on socionics in English in peer-reviewed journals.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since 2000 socionics as a scientific discipline and a field of research has been recognized in Russia and Ukraine.<ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Original research inline
Pedagogical socionicsEdit
The concepts and methods of socionics are widely used in pedagogy, this collaboration creates a new scientific branch – pedagogical socionics.<ref>Surtayeva N.N., Ivanova O.N. Pedagogical socionics and problems in conflict relationships. – St. Petersburg, 2002. — 135 p. Template:ISBN</ref><ref>Fedorova V.K. Using pedagogical socionics in solving conflict relationships in educational process. Автореферат дисс. канд. пед. наук. — Omsk, 1998</ref>
Pletuhina noted that the parent, trainer or teacher, who knows the theory of socionics, who also understands an idea of the "image of a socionics type" and who can determine the child's personality type with a sufficient degree of probability can use those opportunities of the individual approaches that socionics provides to raise and educate a child.<ref name="sociosphera.com"/>
The role that socionics takes in the educational process is not limited to being a teacher's tool for the managing process.<ref>Gulenko V.V., Tyshchenko V.P. Юнг в школе. Соционика — межвозрастной педагогике. — Novosibirsk, 1997. — 268 p. Template:ISBN</ref> It is also a base for development and improving the educational system and for preparing staff. Teachers armed with socionics technology can consciously establish relationships with other people and increase efficiency of their pedagogical skills.<ref>Bohdanova I.M. Ways of improving professional trainings for future teachers // Наука і освіта. — 2011. — No. 4. — Part 1 — p. 34-36</ref> Rational implementation of intertype relationships can push educational process to become more intensive and increase students' motivation.<ref>Bobkov V.V. Дифференцированный подход к обучению Template:Webarchive: psycho informatic point of view. Part 1// Electronic scientific journal "Investigated in Russia". — 2006. — p. 371—400</ref><ref name="Rozjkov">Rozhkob M.I. Editorial // Spirin L.F., Rumyanceva E.A., Rumyanceva T.A. Socionics for teachers and parents — Moscow, 1999. pp. 3–5</ref>
Socionics is also researched practical methods and techniques dedicated to evaluation person's individual psychological values to prognoses professional success.<ref>Иванов Ю.В. Деловая соционика — М.: Бизнес-школа «Интел-Синтез», 2001. (Библиотека журнала «Управление персоналом»)</ref> Keneva, Marchenko, and Minaev argue that socionics might become a theoretical base for personal-oriented educational technologies.<ref>Keneva I.P., Marchenko O.A., Minaev Y.P. Problem of accounting socionics type for future expert in forming his professional qualities. — Kamyanec Podilsky, 2008. — No. 14. — pp. 62–65</ref><ref>Keneva I.P., Marchenko O.A., Minaev Y.P. Socionics as educational discipline in humanitarian and social-economics trainings for science teaschers. — Kamyanec-Podilsky, 2009. — No. 15. — pp. 70–73</ref>
Socionics in astronauticsEdit
In Star City conducted number of science seminars based on socionics methods and person typology to training space crews. Forming space crews by socionics methods was a central topic at the International conference on space researches,<ref>Template:Cite conference</ref> at the Space Forum 2011<ref name=SpaceForum2011>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and at the conference "Piloted flights into Space".
Aviation socionicsEdit
According to order of the Ministry of transport of Russian Federation Flight Standards Department approved a default application "Training of pilots in the field of human factor", which expects basic socionics knowledge not only among pilots and other crew members, but also prognosing interaction in air crews by socionics methods.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
To improve interaction among crew members, specialists of Saint Petersburg University examined 2330 people by socionics methods, including university students; aircrews of airlines; air traffic controllers; professors from almost all flight academies of Russia; delegates from Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Estonia.Template:Citation needed
This database represents result of 10 years of scientific work. In their research, authors are relying on fundamental works of the Kyiv School of Socionics, International Institute of Socionics, publications in journals "Socionics, mentology and personal psychology", "Management and personnel: management psychology, socionics and sociology".<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
According to the experimental results were obtained socionics and sociometric data of air traffic controllers and correlation analyses of its parameters, also was determined the connection's intensity between person's interaction levels. The practical values of this research is to develop automated module to determine individual characteristic of operators and to evaluate the effectiveness of socionics in the management of air traffic, particular in special cases of flight<ref>Kharchenko V.P., Shmeleva T.F., Sikirda Y..V., Zemlyanskyy A.V. Using socionics methods in forming professional navigation system groups // News NAU. — 2012. — No.1. – pp. 14–21. – ISSN 1813-1166</ref>
Jung's psychological typesEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Carl Jung describes four psychological functions that are capable of becoming applicable psychically, but to differing degrees in individuals:<ref name=Psychological_Types>Jung, Carl G., Psychological Types (The Collected Works of Carl G. Jung, Vol.6), 1976 (1921), Template:ISBN The chapter X, General description of types contains descriptions of basic psychological functions and 8 major psychological types.</ref>
- Sensation – all perceptions by means of the sense organs
- Intuition – perception by way of the unconscious, or perception of unconscious events
- Thinking (in socionics, Logic) – judgement of information based on reason
- Feeling (in socionics, Ethics) – judgement of information based on sentiment
In addition to these four types, Jung defines a polarity between introverted and extraverted personalities. This distinction is based on how people invest energy: either into the inner, subjective, psychical world (usually called {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, soul, by Jung), or toward their outer, objective, physical world (including one's body).
By Jung's rules, 16 psychological types exist. But in his book "Psychological Types" he described in detail only 8, distinguished by the 8 possible dominant functions. Contrary to Socionics and MBTI, Jung did not conclude that the types had two introverted functions and two extroverted functions. He instead outlined that extroverted personality types had a Dominant extroverted function, with the remaining functions being of varying if lower levels of development that range from being Inferior introverted functions that are necessarily retarded to auxiliary functions that lie in the middle.<ref>"As a consequence of this one-sided development, one or more functions are necessarily retarded. These functions may properly be called inferior ..." (Jung, [1921] 1971:Def. Inferior Function, par. 763).</ref>
Information metabolism elements (often confused with memetics)Edit
In socionics, Jung's cognitive functions are always either introverted (focused on refining quality) or extroverted (focused on increasing quantity), and are referred to as information metabolism elements (IM Elements).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> These are said to process information aspects. To understand what an information aspect is, it is necessary to understand information metabolism as Augustinavičiūtė understood it.
{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} states that the human mind uses eight elements of information metabolism (mental functions) to perceive the world, and each of these eight elements reflect one particular aspect of objective reality.<ref name="The Dual Nature of Man">Template:Cite book</ref> In her works she describes aspects of the world based on physical quantities such as potential and kinetic energy, space, time, and their properties.
Often, other socionists have equated these information elements with their definition and according to fundamental physical concepts as well (Matter-Time-Energy-Space).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>). Matter is compared to Thinking, Energy to Feeling, Space to Sensing, and Time to Intuition. Given the division of aspects of the absolute between Extroverted ("black") and Introverted ("white"), being four times two, their number is eight.Template:Citation needed
The 8 socionics symbols (File:Socionics symbol Te.svg File:Socionics symbol Fe.svg File:Socionics symbol Se.svg File:Socionics symbol Ne.svg File:Socionics symbol Ti.svg File:Socionics symbol Fi.svg File:Socionics symbol Si.svg File:Socionics symbol Ni.svg) were introduced by {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} while working with Jung's typology<ref name="The Dual Nature of Man"/>Template:Clarify and remain the dominant method of denoting the functions and the corresponding information aspects that they process. Text-based notation systems are also used, such as Victor Gulenko's 8 Latin letters ('P' for Pragmatism, 'E' for Emotions, 'F' for Force, 'I' for Ideas, 'L' for Laws, 'R' for Relation, 'S' for Senses, and 'T' for Time, respectively),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> or Myers-Briggs notation (Te, Fe, Se, Ne, Ti, Fi, Si, and Ni, respectively).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
| Element | Abstracted definition | Gulenko Name | Symbol | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extroverted Logic | External dynamics of objects | PragmatismTemplate:Pb(P) | File:Socionics symbol Te.svg | Judgement of the efficiency of actions and technical processes, the prudence of a method or approach and how it will work practically. P is geared towards facts and assesses situations based on what happened, looking to convey information as accurately as possible, making communication dry and matter-of-fact. In this sense, it is the opposite of Emotions. P approaches systems in terms of how they can be improved, changing and adding to one's knowledge through empirical observation in order to increase functionality and profitability. In this sense, it is the inverse of Laws. |
| Extroverted Ethics | Internal dynamics of objects | EmotionsTemplate:Pb(E) | File:Socionics symbol Fe.svg | Judgement of the infectiousness of expressions and emotional states, the appeal of a message or image and how someone will react emotionally. E is geared towards feelings and assesses situations based on how people feel, looking to convey one's emotions as authentically as possible, making communication exaggerated and charged with passion. In this sense, E is the opposite of Pragmatism. E approaches people in terms of how they are made to feel, provoking and changing people's emotions through expressive actions in order to raise excitement and enthusiasm. In this sense, is the inverse of Relations. |
| Extroverted Sensation | External statics of objects | ForceTemplate:Pb(F) | File:Socionics symbol Se.svg | Perception of physical objects and the amount of space they take up in the real world, the impact something has on its environment and the threat it poses to other objects. F is geared towards action and decides immediately on quick assessments of superficial, concrete data, making the approach direct and imbued with a harsh determination. In this sense, it is the opposite of Ideas. F approaches reality in terms of the clash of opposing forces, winning over weaker opponents and looking to push a situation to their advantage, even if that requires an intense struggle. In this sense, it is the inverse of Senses. |
| Extroverted Intuition | Internal statics of objects | IdeasTemplate:Pb(I) | File:Socionics symbol Ne.svg | Perception of abstract concepts and the amount of potential they could hold, the multiple alternatives to any proposition and their latent capabilities. I is geared towards speculation and likes to consider different possibilities, giving unorthodox perspectives a chance, making the approach indirect and roundabout in a whimsical way. In this sense, it is the opposite of Force. I approaches what is possible in terms of expanding its variety, opening new doors and wandering wherever curiosity points next, avoiding any kind of limitation. In this sense, it is the inverse of Time. |
| Introverted Logic | External statics of fields | LawsTemplate:Pb(L) | File:Socionics symbol Ti.svg | Responsible for understanding logic and structure, categorizations, ordering and priorities, logical analysis and distinctions, logical explanations. L interprets information according to how it fits into a validating system. L is particularly aware of logical consistency and how concepts relate to each other in meaning and structure, independently of particular purposes. |
| Introverted Ethics | Internal statics of fields | RelationsTemplate:Pb(R) | File:Socionics symbol Fi.svg | Responsible for understanding the quality, nature, and appropriate distance of personal relations; makes subjective judgments; and aspires to goodness of character. R has a strong understanding of a person's nature and intentions, one person's feelings towards another, their attitudes of like or dislike, and based on this information, how intimate or distant a relationship should be. |
| Introverted Sensation | External dynamics of fields | SensesTemplate:Pb(S) | File:Socionics symbol Si.svg | Responsible for detailed perception of physical sensations; questions of comfort, utility, and pleasure; and a sense of harmony and acclimation with one's environment (especially physical). S understands how well a person or thing's behavior agrees with its nature as well as the differences between comfortable behaviors and positions and uncomfortable ones. |
| Introverted Intuition | Internal dynamics of fields | TimeTemplate:Pb(T) | File:Socionics symbol Ni.svg | Responsible for the imagination of how things will develop over time, a sense of what is meaningful or transcendent and the understanding that some things are inevitable. T understands how causes in the past lead through to outcomes in the future. T is acutely aware of long-term trends and tendencies that are occurring across any single present moment, and sees events as part of a continuous flow. T perceives the possible ramifications of future events and notices ties to the past. |
The 16 typesEdit
{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} usually used names like sensory-logical introvert (SLI) to refer to the types. In SLI the leading function is introverted sensation and the creative function is extraverted logic. She also introduced the practice of referring to types by the name of a famous person of the type (although types of these persons are not universally agreed upon, with the old name Napoleon for the SEE being replaced by Caesar after being deemed an inaccurate type assignment). For example, she called the SLI Gabin and the SEI Dumas. Also sometimes names such as Craftsman or Mediator are used to express the social role of the type—a convention introduced by socionist Viktor Gulenko in 1995.<ref>Socionics.kiev.ua Template:Webarchive, "Methodology"</ref> Given the formal similarities present between Socionics and the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) abbreviations frequently used in English, some prefer to distinguish socionic type names from Myers–Briggs' names by writing the last letter (J or P) in lower case (for example, ENTp, ESFj)—a practice introduced by Sergei Ganin.<ref>socionics.com, "Things to consider about MBTI® theory (Part 1)"</ref> This is because the relationship between socionics and Myers–Briggs and Keirseyan types is controversial.
Dmitri Lytov and Marianna Lytova state that "main spheres of application of socionics are almost the same as for the Myers–Briggs Type Theory", and that observed differences in correlation "represent characteristic stereotypes of the socionics and the Keirsey typology.<ref name="socioniko.net">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Others state that MBTI and socionics "correlate in roughly 30% of cases," and that "there are many subtle differences".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Clarify J and P in Socionics and Myers–Briggs are completely different:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in Myers–Briggs, J and P stands for the first extraverted function (J—extraverted thinking or feeling, P—extraverted sensing or intuition); in Socionics, J and P stands for the first function (J—rational (thinking and feeling), P—irrational (sensing and intuition)). This formal conversion is carried out in accordance with the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator.
In dividing the socion according to the four Jungian dichotomies, from this is formed 16 socionic types. The following tables provide a list of types with the names most commonly used in socionics:
The second concept is the functional dimensions. It was introduced by Aleksandr Bukalov.<ref name="Boukalov, A.V. 1995">Boukalov, A. V. (1995). On the dimensions of the functions of information metabolism. Socionics, Mentology, and Personality Psychology, 2. International Institute of Socionics.</ref> He defined the first dimension as the personal experience (Ex), the second dimension as social norms (Nr), the third dimension as the current situation (St), and the fourth dimension as the globality, or time perspective (Tm). This concept is useful because it best illustrates the difference in cognitive power (imagine measuring capability of 2D v. 3D measuring tool) and roughly describes abilities of each function to process and generate information. Still, definitions of dimensions require further research and clarification. For example, the vulnerable function tends to lose knowledge which have not been used.
CriticismEdit
Psychophysiologist Sergey Bogomaz says there is no reason for considering socionics as a separate science. He considers socionic typology to be a Russian version of post-Jung typology, similar to the Myers-Briggs typology, but distinguished by a greater number of typological features and the formulation of prerequisites for the study of intertype relationships. Bogomaz considers the construction of the theory of intertype relationships to be an undoubted contribution of {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} to the development of Jung typology, but criticized it by stating that there is little experimental data in socionics, there is no empirical verification of many claims, and by having many unsystematic pseudoscientific publications.<ref name="bogomaz2000">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Nesterenko, A.I., Vasilyev, V.N., Medvedev, M.A. et al. Physiological and Psychological Expression of Personality Types. Human Physiology 29, 729–734 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HUMP.0000008846.76263.b9</ref><ref>Krivo Yu.A. SOCIONICS. PHYSIOLOGY. COGNITIVE SCIENCE. MODEL OF HUMAN FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS FOR USE IN PSYCHOLOGY//Man, Art, Universe, №1, 2018, p.90-102, http://iidp.ru/paper/files/sbornik_2018.pdf</ref><ref>Panchulazyan, K. A. POLYGRAPHOLOGICAL PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL DETERMINATION OF TYPES CHARACTER OF ATHLETS//Electronic Journal of Natural Sciences, 2019, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p36-39. 4p.</ref>
Philosopher L. M. Monastirsky<ref name="monastirsky2015">Template:Cite journal</ref> identified the use of speculative categories as the first shortcoming of socionics. Secondly, he stated that it lacks clearly defined typing method and each socionics school defines methods of their own. At the same time Monastirsky, recognizing the potential of socionics, proposed to turn to the concept of a socionic type for carrying out some research in the field of the methodology of science.<ref name="monastirsky2015" />
An important issue in the field of socionics is the problem of convergence between type diagnoses of different analysts. Vladimir Ermak showed that ignorance of model A of the type of information metabolism leads to numerous mistakes in the definition of a socionic type.<ref name="ermak2018">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In the early 2000s, socionic analysts tried to develop more rigorous approaches to type diagnosis.<ref name="eglit2018">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See alsoEdit
- Analytical psychology
- Japhetic theory
- Jungian Type Index
- Philosophical realism
- Information metabolism
ReferencesEdit
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