Eight kinds of information
Ne, Ni, Se, Si, Te, Ti, Fe, and Fi describe different kinds of information a person may notice, use, value, or resist.
Full Theory
What Is Socionics?
Socionics is a personality and information-processing theory that studies how people perceive information, make decisions, value different kinds of cognition, and relate to other personality types.
The main pieces
Persona Types uses Socionics as a practical map: type profiles, Model A, quadra values, functions, dichotomies, and intertype relations.
Function positions matter
The same element behaves differently depending on its position: leading, creative, vulnerable, suggestive, and so on.
Shared values
The sixteen types form four quadras. Types inside a quadra share valued elements, which creates a recognizable atmosphere.
Compatibility is structural
Socionics maps how every type relates to every other type through intertype relations such as duality, mirror, activation, and conflict.
Not a direct conversion
Socionics and MBTI both trace back to Jung, but similar codes should not be treated as one-to-one translations.
Repeated pattern over mood
A careful typing looks for recurring structure across ordinary life, pressure, work, relationships, and recovery.