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Why is socionics different from MBTI?
Socionics also has a theory of relationships between types, which is absent from MBTI. Socionics makes a distinction between strengths and values, whereas in MBTI it is not clear that you can value something, yet be bad at doing it for yourself.
Socionics was developed in the 1970s and 80s by a Lithuanian sociologist and economist called Aushra Augusta. The basic premise of socionics is the same as that of the MBTI; the interaction between Carl Jung’s cognitive functions, both in the “function stack” and in relationship to other people.
What is a socionics type?
Socionics is a theory of how individuals select and process information. It can be categorized as a type of nomothetic psychology. Socionics has 16 sociotypes, with each sociotype representing a specific and unique mode of information metabolism. A person only has one sociotype.
What is a Socionics type?
How does Socionics work?
Socionics is a theory of information processing and personality type, distinguished by its information model of the psyche (called Model A) and a model of interpersonal relations. This in turn results in distinct thinking patterns, values, and responses to arguments, all of which are encompassed within socionic type.
What is the difference between MBTI and socsocionic?
Socionic types have a different internal structure (usually a different functional ordering) to the MBTI types. The MBTI is based solely on the four Jungian dichotomies – judging/perceiving, introversion/extroversion, sensory/intuition, thinking/feeling.
What is the difference between Myers-Briggs and socionics?
What Myers-Briggs calls a cognitive function (Te, Si, Ne, etc.), socionics calls an “information element”. This comes from the theory of information metabolism, which was combined with Carl Jung’s idea of cognitive functions in the creation of socionics. While it’s not a huge difference, it does influence the way we see the two systems.
What is socionics based on?
The theory is based not only on Carl Jung’s work on cognitive functions, but also a theory called information metabolism. The basic premise of socionics is the same as that of the MBTI; the interaction between Carl Jung’s cognitive functions, both in the “function stack” and in relationship to other people.
What are the different MBTI® groupings?
These groupings, as well as Myers and Briggs’ groupings of SFs, STs, NFs and NTs are the most commonly described groupings among MBTI® practitioners. Socionics, however, does something that in the eyes of someone more used to MBTI® may seem unconventional and counter-intuitive.