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About Socionics

Aushra Augusta who died in 2005 was a Lithuanian Psychologist who developed Socionics (derived from Society and Bionics). It's a theory based loosely on Jung's work on psychological types (as was Myers-Briggs) but concerned not only with the 16 fundamental types but the 14 types of interaction between those types.

This table (which is reproduced from Socionics on Wikipedia) shows the 16 types and illustrates each with a typical person (both real and fictitious).

functions description name person type
Si Te Ni Fe     Ne Fi Se Ti SLI (Sensory-Logical Intratim) Craftsman Jean Gabin ISTp
Se Ti Ne Fi     Ni Fe Si Ti SLE (Sensory-Logical Extratim) Legionnaire Zhukov ESTp
Si Fe Ni Te     Ne Ti Se Fi SEI (Sensory-Ethical Intratim) Mediator Dumas ISFp
Se Fi Ne Ti     Ni Te Si Fe SEE (Sensory-Ethical Extratim) Politician Caesar ESFp
Ti Se Fi Ne     Fe Ni Te Si LSI (Logical-Sensory Intratim) Inspector Maxim Gorky ISTj
Te Si Fe Ni     Fi Ne Ti Se LSE (Logical-Sensory Extratim) Director Sherlock Holmes ESTj
Fi Se Ti Ne     Te Ni Fe Si ESI (Ethical-Sensory Intratim) Conservator Theodore Dreiser ISFj
Fe Si Te Ni     Ti Ne Fi Se ESE (Ethical-Sensory Extratim) Bonvivant Victor Hugo ESFj
Ni Te Si Fe     Se Fi Ne Ti ILI (Intuitive-Logical Intratim) Critics Balzac INTp
Ne Ti Se Fi     Si Fe Ni Te ILE (Intuitive-Logical Extratim) Seeker Don Quixote ENTp
Ni Fe Si Te     Se Ti Ne Fi IEI (Intuitive-Ethical Intratim) Lyricist Bradbury INFp
Ne Fi Se Ti     Si Te Ni Fe IEE (Intuitive-Ethical Extratim) Psychologist Tom Sawyer ENFp
Ti Ne Fi Se     Fe Si Te Ni LII (Logical-Intuitive Intratim) Analyst Descartes INTj
Te Ni Fe Si     Fi Se Ti Ne LIE (Logical-Intuitive Extratim) Entrepreneur Jack London ENTj
Fi Ne Ti Se     Te Si Fe Ni EII (Ethical-Intuitive Intratim) Humanist Dostoyevsky INFj
Fe Ni Te Si     Ti Se Fi Ne EIE (Ethical-Intuitive Extratim) Mentor Hamlet ENFj

Though not as widespread as Myers Briggs, Socionics is seen as more advanced. Most of the devlopment was done in the 1980s.

Links to Socionics Websites