[Sunrain]

Ok, so.. recently I've had a lot of people ask "so, this Ne/Ni.. what exactly is the difference?" I've been trying to explain to my parents (because they are interested in Myers Briggs, or, you know, because I want to tell them.. same difference.. lol), and I find myself unable to explain.



I feel like I understand, but can't put it into words, and so, can anybody give concrete examples of:

Ne vs Ni
Se vs Si
Fe vs Fi
Ti vs Ti

?

Thanks :)

[TenMac]

Introverted Intuition



If you go from that page you will find descriptions of all the functions and examples of them as well.

[fiasco]

Here's something from Wellness Resources of Vermont; hopefully it helps somewhat. Since it is just a general outline overall, however, it might seem a little two dimensional. I'll rely on any reader to correct any possible inaccuracies.

Introverted Feeling

• Internal decision-making
• Focus on individual persons
• Hypersensitive to emotional state, authenticity, & needs of individuals
• Hypersensitive to level of emotional safety in groups
• Aware of emotional state of self
• Deep personal relationships enhance personal harmony & sense of well-being
• Assumes that non-negotiable core values anchor everyone
• Laissez faire. Non-judgmental
• No agenda. No need to manipulate or control

Extroverted Feeling

• Harmonious environment energizes
• Focus on groups of people and collective relationships
• Tuned in to emotional timbre of group
• Respects and enforces "shoulds" ("political correctness", manners, social structure)
• Self-assesses through "shoulds"
• "Knows" what others need
• Disagreement is bad. Conflict-averse
• "Us" vs. "Them" ("You're either with us or against us")
• Evaluative (better vs. worse)
• Guided by values that are assumed to be shared.
• Agenda driven

Introverted Thinking

• Internal decision-making
• Narrow focus on task
• Subjective, internal decision-making
• Unilateral (not collaborative)
• Emotions interfere with precise analysis, so ignore except as information
• There is a correct/best decision/choice
• Self-constructed underlying principles & framework
• Discussion is superfluous
• Energized by the precision of the reductionist analysis process
• Goal: reach the one correct conclusion through iron-clad reasoning
• Linear
• Decisive
• Subjective, hidden
• Adamant, unmoving ("My conclusion is correct")
• Process focus & awareness

Extroverted Thinking

• External decision-making
• Narrow focus on task
• Task completion energizes
• Organizes, structures, & orders the environment to gain clarity
• Creates or improves systems
• There is a "right (or best) action"/decision
• Emotions are obstacles (just information)
• Directed by underlying principles & criteria
• Collaborative decision-making
• Seeks competence (high standards of self-assessment)

Introverted Intuition

• Focuses on pattern recognition
• Perceives at the "universal" level
• Seeks deepest level of understanding
• Extrapolates from specific data to general (divergent)
• Seeks root cause, meaning
• Sees complexity, systems
• Time orientation: past & (especially) future
• Energized by discovering "universal" patterns
• Understanding of past/present/future ebb & flow of events is reality
• Usually vague & abstract

Extroverted Intuition

• External perceiving
• Focus on "global" picture
• Expands/extrapolates to see the big picture
• Time orientation: future
• Energized by perceiving novel possibilities, ideas, & options
• Connects bits of information
• Follows "what is" to "what could be"

Introverted Sensing

• Internal information-gathering
• Sensory focus
• Internal re-experiencing
• Very personal, subjective experience
• Comparative. Everything is relative
• Familiarity equals comfort
• Time orientation: past
• Reality = past personal experience
• Intensity of re-experience energizes
• Sequential
• Stable; sometimes even rigid
• Internal body awareness

Extroverted Sensing

• External information-gathering
• External focus on concrete things
• Time orientation: immediate present
• Broad (inclusive); not deep
• Finite scope
• Visual emphasis ("Seeing is believing")
• The tangible current environment is reality
• Intimately connected to environment
• Energized by the sensory experience
• Literal
• Active, impulsive, proactive about experiencing the "Now"
• Hands-on, practical, pragmatic

[Marco Antonio]

ok so that list was really a fiasco LOL
No just kidding but not really
It is a good read but not practical. Ok ENFP's won't read lists and memorize them they want to develop ideas on their own and need only a start point. That's the intented meaning of a not so unpopular song called "Light my Fire"
Anyways i'm not sure how mbti knowledgable are, but if you want to answer someone you just need the basics. ENFP's tend to have problems describing things as such LOL, because you see it as a whole, no problem.

Just use Fi; what Fi does is it contrasts it is the function of polarities.

Think it in this way. You know the main difference between Feeling and Thinking is the readiness to let emotions or systematic reason influence you.

So F types can or cannot have control of their emotions, but will always be aware of them and will always look for ways to be affected or not by them.

The difference between Extroversion and Introversion is the direction where attention is proyected to.
Extroverts proyect themselves in the world of objects. Anything engaging what's out of the border which we will call "your body" is an extroverted attitude. While the exact opposite, anything proyected towards the innerself of the "border" is an introverted attitude.
Introverts proyect themselves in a richness of interpretations of what objects ought to represent in the external world.

Following the previous infos you can come to the conclusion that the difference between Fe and Fi is where the" Attention" or Feeling is directed towards.
In the extroverted feeling attitude, the person engages the external world to influence it according to how it (the person) feels about it (the world).
In the introverted feeling attitude, the person engages itself to evaluate the interpretation of the world according to how it feels about it (it's personal interpretation).

With this formula you can intuit the rest

[lantern]

A couple of points on the Extrovert and Introvert - first function

Extrovert:
Action-reflection-action
Prefers communication through talking

Introvert:
Reflect-action-reflection
Prefers communication through writing

The last function:
Judging
Thinks in long-term

Perceiving
Thinks in the present, the bigger picture

Not a lot but that's all I can remember off the top of my head!