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- The class of psychological functions related to logical (thinking) or value (feeling) judgments.
CARL GUSTAV JUNG, M.D., Ph.D "I am on My Road and I Carry My Burden"
Born July 26, 1875 in Keswil Switzerland to a Reformed Protestant vicar and his wife, Carl Gustav Jung M.D., would empirically name the components and dynamics of the psyche in a way that would dramatically improve the life of millions.
He introduced concepts into the language such as Introversion and Extraversion, and the ideas upon which the popular "Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" is based. He enabled a person to thoroughly define, appreciate, and improve their individuality through a process called "individuation."
Today, it is not unusual to find conversation regarding psychological style including sensation, thinking, feeling, intuition, and the attitudes, introversion and extraversion, in the highest management and government circles. Supporting such dialog are over twenty volumes of printed material written by Jung and published by (among others) the Princeton University Press. To learn more about the life of Carl Jung, please check out the following books at the HallowQuest(tm) Bookstore: "Memories, Dreams, and Reflections," by C. G. Jung, pub Pantheon, New York; "Jung, A Biography, " by Gerhard Wehr, pub Shambala, Boston; "Carl Gustav Jung," by Frank McLynn, pub St. Martin's Press, New York; "C. G. Jung Letters-1906-1950," edited by Gerhard Adler, in Collaboration with Aniela Jaffe, Translations from the German by R. F. C. Hull, pub Princeton University Press; "C. G. Jung Letters-1951 - 1961,"edited by Gerhard Adler, in Collaboration with Aniela Jaffe, Translations from the German by R. F. C. Hull, pub Princeton University Press.
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- On-board know-what and know-how information. Possessing on-board information assures no performance success. Competency at higher level tasks is a result of being able to skillfully apply this on-board information to achieve a performance goal. Sometimes the personal qualities a person brings to a task (attributes) makes the difference between success and failure between two people having the same knowledge and nearly the same skills. (One third of the performance triad).
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- LIBIDO
Psychic energy, such as the strength or the force behind the direction of your attention. The supply of energy responsible for your focus upon an objective
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- PERCEPTION
- The class of psychological functions through which the psyche gathers information. Sensation information is gathered through the senses; intuitive information is gatherd through intuition. While independent of the judgmental functions for philosophical discussion, the perceptive functions can not operate independently. Even the most benign touch may produce a neutral feeling response.
The performance standard is the agreed upon level of performance that would be considered at a worthy performance level. The standard may include considerations for time, waste produced, comparison to engineering drawings and specifications, etc.
It describes the unconscious or conscious act we put on for others depending upon conditions or events. It is the root of the word `personality.'
C. G. Jung on `persona:'
- "The mask, i.e., the ad hoc adopted attitude, I have called the persona, which was the name for the masks worn by actors in antiquity. The man who identifies with this mask, I would call "personal" as opposed to "individual..."
- "... The persona is thus a functional complex that comes into existence for reasons of adaption or personal convenience, but is by no means identical with individuality."
PSYCHOLOGICAL ATTITUDES
Our behavior differs depending upon our attitude. We could be goal focused (extraverted) or we could be really into the experience (introverted); we could be focused on outside information or data (extraverted) or reflective of a recent event (introverted), in either case, our behavior will be correspondingly modified. Our attitude may be modified depending upon whether we are into the event or if we are simply trying to endure it. If we are habitually in one attitude over another, we could be called an "introvert" or an "extravert." Such qualities will modify our functional style (sensation, feeling, intuition, or thinking) and result in (for instance) a thinker (within the context of an event) that may not share the objective of a team because they are into the experience; or a feeler so much into the interpersonal as to miss the point. Knowing how to apply such quality definitions helps us better understand and describe ourselves and others.
- PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
- As the name would imply, this window describes some of the functional components of the psyche; their variation and dynamics, and a person's attitude (introversion and extraversion) account in a large part for their behavior. This enables us to distinguish the characteristics of individuals, thereby accounting, in a sizable measure, for their psychological style.
- Two of the functions are related to the way the psyche gathers information (the perceptive functions, sensation and intuition), and two are related to the way the psyche judges information (the judgmental functions thinking and feeling).
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