In introducing our series of the theory of psychological types of carl jung, I lay down
the basic premise:
Each of us human, has four basic psychological functions: Thinking, feeling, sensation, and
intuition.
We all have them.
Yet, if in a given person, all actions emerge of logical calculation and thoughts are which
dominate his psychic life, we may categorize the person as "An Extraverted Thinking Type",
a psyche in which thinking reigns upon the other functions such as feeling, making a
mere subordinate of their effect on motives.
I won't go in detail of what characterizes extraverted thinking as I have already done
so in my previous video.
We will look into some other features; As a reminder, this type of person, every step
he takes is based on a neatly planned intellectual conclusion, which is derived often of generally
accepted truths and observable facts.
He selects an collectively agreed upon ideology (be it religious, political or intellectual),
makes it a metric of judgment for himself and everything around him.
Since thinking is what his nature was most designed to do, he cannot help but give too
much weight to his thoughts, and be oriented by them.
Insofar as thoughts and opinions are highly valued we can discern a level of rigidness
in this person; a real bliss on the flipside as it fosters self-trust and self-assuredness.
The beginning of Jung's description of the thinking type might prompt you to see this
personality as controlling.
Although true, it is a relative rigidness.
Let's elaborate.
For a moment, I want you to imagine a circle of medium proportions.
This symbolizes the criterion, the formula the thinking type has chosen by which the
world is judged.
The inside surface includes every thing and person that goes in harmony with it.
The outside area for stuff that doesn't.
The thinking type can be a positive element in as long as his circle of tolerance is of
wider range.
"If the formula is broad enough, this type may play a very useful role in social life
as a reformer or public prosecutor or purifier of conscience, or as the propagator of important
innovations.
But the more rigid the formula, the more he develops into a martinet, a quibbler, and
a prig, who would like to force himself and others into one mould."
The distinction I made here is to point out that this is not a bad person after all.
His nature just leans a bit toward making others comply to him, but yes, compared to
them he is more prone to grow up to be an intolerant and controlling person.
This can be prevented, provided the willingness to study oneself.
Nevertheless the nature of his consciousness often seem to drive everything through his
judgment metric in order to welcome or discard.
He could excel at leading people.
Because he judges himself and others harshly based on an overarching ideal, we may presume
that he's skilled at cutting down on self-sabotage more effortlessly than others, which makes
of this type a good leader.
"So on the periphery of their effect on us, their rigidity being light on the periphery
might effect us with direction and discipline, but if we get deeper into their radius they
become tyrannical and try to control us."
Along these lines, Jung alluded how the extraverted thinking type has the best influence on others
if they are to remain simple acquaintances.
Things get off the rails the farther someone goes about knowing them.
They will push away those who do not go along with their formula.
Those who stick around are usually of a chameleon nature, and family members who can't disown
the extraverted and cannot help but submit to their dictatorship.
That's it for today.
Next one we dive further into the extraverted thinking type.
see you soon.