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Psychological Types is the title of the sixth volume in the Princeton / Bollingen edition of the Collected Works of Carl Jung
Carl Jung

Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of Analytical psychology. Jung's approach to psychology has been influential in the field of depth psychology and in counterculture movements across the globe....
. The original German language edition, "Psychologische Typen", was first published by Rascher Verlag, Zurich in 1921. In the book Jung categorized people into primary types of psychological function.

Jung proposed that there were four main functions of consciousness: Two of them being perceiving functions: And two being judging functions:

The functions are modified by two main attitude types
Attitude (psychology)

An attitude is a hypothetical construct that represents an individual's degree of like or dislike for an item. Attitudes are generally positive or negative views of a person, place, thing, or event-- this is often referred to as the attitude object....
: extraversion and introversion
Extraversion and introversion

The trait theory of extraversion-introversion is a central dimension of human personality psychology. Extraverts tend to be gregarious, assertive and generally seek out excitement....
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Jung theorized that whichever function dominates consciousness its opposite function is repressed and will characterize unconscious behavior.

The eight psychological types are categorized as follows:



theories of personality have been developed from ancient to modern times.






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Psychological Types is the title of the sixth volume in the Princeton / Bollingen edition of the Collected Works of Carl Jung
Carl Jung

Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of Analytical psychology. Jung's approach to psychology has been influential in the field of depth psychology and in counterculture movements across the globe....
. The original German language edition, "Psychologische Typen", was first published by Rascher Verlag, Zurich in 1921. In the book Jung categorized people into primary types of psychological function.

Jung proposed that there were four main functions of consciousness: Two of them being perceiving functions:
  • Sensation
    Sensation

    Sensation is the Fiction-writing modes for portraying a character's perception of the senses. According to Ron Rozelle, ?. . .the success of your story or novel will depend on many things, but the most crucial is your ability to bring your reader into it....
     and Intuition
    Intuition

    Intuition has many related meanings, usually connected to the meaning "ability to sense or know immediately without reasoning", and is often regarded as a divine or prophetic power, including:...
And two being judging functions:
  • Thinking and Feeling
    Feeling

    Feeling is the nominalization of to feel. The word was first used in the English language to describe the physical sensation of touch either through experience or perception....


The functions are modified by two main attitude types
Attitude (psychology)

An attitude is a hypothetical construct that represents an individual's degree of like or dislike for an item. Attitudes are generally positive or negative views of a person, place, thing, or event-- this is often referred to as the attitude object....
: extraversion and introversion
Extraversion and introversion

The trait theory of extraversion-introversion is a central dimension of human personality psychology. Extraverts tend to be gregarious, assertive and generally seek out excitement....
.

Jung theorized that whichever function dominates consciousness its opposite function is repressed and will characterize unconscious behavior.

The eight psychological types are categorized as follows:

  • Extraverted Sensation
  • Introverted Sensation
  • Extraverted Intuition
  • Introverted Intuition
  • Extraverted Thinking
  • Introverted Thinking
  • Extraverted Feeling
  • Introverted Feeling


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    The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is a self-assessed personality questionnaire designed to help people better understand themselves, first introduced in the book Please Understand Me....
  • Socionics
    Socionics

    Socionics is a theory of information processing and personality type. It incorporates elements of Carl Jung's work on Psychological Types and Antoni Kepinski's theory of information metabolism....
  • Personality psychology
    Personality psychology

    Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that studies personality and individual differences. One emphasis in this area is to construct a coherent picture of a person and his or her major psychological processes ....
  • Personality
    Personality psychology

    Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that studies personality and individual differences. One emphasis in this area is to construct a coherent picture of a person and his or her major psychological processes ....
  • Personality type
    Personality type

    The concept of personality type refers to the psychological classification of different types of individuals. Personality types can be distinguished from trait theory, which come in different levels or degrees....
  • Personality tests
  • Eysenck's three factor model
    Hans Eysenck

    Hans J?rgen Eysenck was a psychologist best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality psychology, though he worked in a wide range of areas....
  • Big Five personality traits
    Big Five personality traits

    In psychology, the "Big Five" personality traits are five broad factor analysis or dimensions of wikt:personality developed through lexical analysis....
  • Enneagram of Personality
    Enneagram of Personality

    The Enneagram of Personality?usually known simply as the Enneagram ?is a particular application of the Fourth Way Enneagram figure. The Enneagram system describes nine distinct personality types and their interrelationships, mapped around an ancient symbol of perpetual motion....
  • Trait theory
    Trait theory

    In psychology, Trait theory is a major approach to the study of human personality psychology. Trait theorists are primarily interested in the measurement of traits, which can be defined as habitual patterns of behavior, thought, and emotion....
  • 16 Personality Factors
    16 Personality Factors

    The 16 Personality Factors, measured by the 16PF Questionnaire, were multivariately-derived by psychologist Raymond Cattell.Below is a table outlining this model....
  • Four Temperaments
  • Five Temperaments
    Five Temperaments

    Five temperaments a theory in psychology, that expands upon the "Four Temperaments" proposed in ancient medical theory....
  • Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation
    Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation

    Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation is a theory of interpersonal relations, introduced by William Schutz in 1958.Description...


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