The 8 Functions
Eight ways a mind takes in the world and decides about it. Jung named them; every four-letter MBTI type is a stack of them.
Extraverted Intuition
Spots possibilities and connections in whatever is in front of you.
Introverted Intuition
Focuses forward: sees where things are heading and the one way there.
Extraverted Sensing
Takes in the present moment fully and acts on it.
Introverted Sensing
Compares now with what you have lived and what has worked before.
Extraverted Thinking
Finds the pattern in the evidence and puts it to work for results.
Introverted Thinking
Finds the pattern that makes things fit logically, inside its own framework.
Extraverted Feeling
Reads and tends the mood and values of the people around you.
Introverted Feeling
Weighs every choice against your own sense of what is right.