Socionics
8.6. Composition of the dichotomies that create the information elements
The different Socionics’ dichotomies I have presented above relate to the eight information elements.
However, actually, these dichotomies create information elements.
In what way?
It shows in the diagram below. Similar diagrams to the presented below, we can find in many Socionics’ studies.
In this three-dimensional diagram, we can see the following three dimensions:
- object-oriented—relation-oriented (vertically), that is, object-oriented and relation-oriented information elements,
- static—dynamic (horizontally), that is, static and dynamic information elements,
- evident—alleged, that is, evident and alleged information elements (third dimension—in mathematics the so-called “z” axis).
Thanks to the diagram above, we can see most of the features of the information elements. These features I listed in the table below.
So, from the above diagram, we can “read” short definitions of information elements.
The above diagram and the table do not yet include the division into the following elements:
- rational and irrational (real or actual—in the Mandala of Characters),
- global and local.
I think it is worth to add these elements to the above table.
As for the longer definition of the above information elements, we can find them, for example, at:
http://socjonika.net/#!Elementy_informacyjne
These definitions are as follows:
I (Ne)
Reception of information organized according to the place of occurrence around the points of focus, and based on constant elements of the characteristics of the situation relevant to its general picture. That is a generalization of things, aimed at creating a context for their later consideration, perceiving the essence and the overall picture of the issue.
T (Ni)
Reception of information ordered depending on the place of occurrence in the form of dependencies and based on related changes and reactions relevant to the overall picture of the situation. That is a generalized perception of relationships between events, aimed at creating a context for their later consideration, perception of relationships between loosely related, interacting things.
F (Se)
Reception of information organized depending on the place of occurrence around the point of focus and based on constant elements of the characteristics of situation significant for their certainty. That is the specific and detailed perceiving of things, designed to create a solid basis for further consideration, noticing certain anchor points in the environment.
S (Si)
Reception of information ordered depending on the place of occurrence in the form of dependencies and based on related changes and reactions important for their certainty. That is a specific and detailed perception of relationships between events, designed to provide a solid basis for their later consideration, perceiving experimental relationships between events.
P (Te)
Identifying focus points around which information about changes and reactions can be clearly organized. That is, unambiguous concluding about the activity of subjects, providing certain data for decision-making and acting, direct operation, finding applicability and exploitation of information.
L (Ti)
Identifying dependencies around which in a certain way can be organized information about the constant characteristics of the situation. That is unambiguous concluding about dependencies between things, providing certain data for making decisions and actions, comparing, categorizing and looking for dependencies between information.
E (Fe)
Identifying focus points around which can be organized information about changes and reactions in a way that reflects the specificity of the situation. That is adjusting to the situation consideration of the actions of subjects that create the context for making decisions and actions, emotional reactions, feelings towards individual things.
R (Fi)
Identifying dependencies around which can be organized information that has constant characteristics of the situation in a way that reflects its specificity. That is adjusting to the situation consideration of the dependencies between the constant features of given things, creating a context for making decisions and actions, categorization regarding feelings towards individual things.
In Socionics, apart from the dichotomies mentioned above, there are also other divisions. These are, for example, so-called “small-groups”, where 16 types are divided into groups, each containing 4 types. Among them, there are divisions into the so-called quadras and clubs.
Besides, in Socionics, we have also a division into temperaments, romance styles, relationships, and Reinin dichotomies.
In general, we can say that the dichotomies, information elements and types (namely sociotypes) that we have in Socionics are divided and grouped in all possible ways. Mathematically speaking, there are thousands of possible combinations between dichotomies, information elements, and sociotypes. For example, the Reinin dichotomies alone are 12.870, these dichotomies divide 16 sociotypes into two groups of 8.
In this chapter about Socionics, I will not analyse these divisions further, because we are mainly interested in the types of characters that we have in this typology. So, I think, the dichotomies mentioned above and information elements are sufficient for this purpose.
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