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A riddle/challenge, function related

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Lets say I found 3 very special individuals who are almost pure types, that means: they have such a strong first function that their second function is almost nonexistent.

person1 = Te (ExTJ), this one is almost blind (almost no perception function, and so not relevant if that would be Si or Ni)
person2 = Se (ESxP), this one is almost indecisive (almost no judgement function, and so not relevant if that would be Ti or Fi)
person3 = Ne (ENxP), this one is almost indecisive (almost no judgement function, and so not relevant if that would be Ti or Fi)

Now I team them up into a team of 3, and I only let them make group decisions in consensus for either "what to perceive" and "what to judge'.

Since these types are so extreme, one might think that they can't work with others, but lets say they are siblings who know each other pretty well and can somehow communicate things.

This is an important clue: So we have a team of extraverts where only the Fe guy is missing. they are kind of an anti-fe extravert group.

The question of this riddle/challenge is:
When they behave (=perceive&judge) as a group, and we have to type this group as if this group was a person with a type. What would the first function or MBTI type of the group be?

(Later I will explain why, need your answers to this first to show you something later).
 
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This whole thing appears preposterous. Can you cut it short for me and just state your conclusions? Pretty please?

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Considering that we have types that are

1. Extreme in extroversion, so they are going to be very neurotic in regards to their inferior function. They would suppress and project negative qualities of their inferior function on other people and use that to justify/motivate the actions of the first function.

2. The Se and Ne type are irrationals or perceivers, while the Te type is rational and a judger. So the Te type would most likely work the group into doing what his/her inferior Fi desires.

I'd say that makes this group Fi/Te oriented and not Ti/Fe oriented because the Te type will make the group value Fi unconsciously, whereas the other two types are not oriented to the Fe/Ti function duality. So the Se type would likely learn to act and think as an Se+Fi type (though if they are really an Se+Ti type, then this will be a persona). The Ne type would likely learn to act and think as an Ne+Fi type (though if they are really an Ne+Ti type, then this will be a persona).

So...we'd have an appearance of Se+Fi, Ne+Fi, making the Te type into something that would mesh with these two other types, probably Te+Ni, perhaps also a persona, if they are really an Si type.

I guess one has to ask the question though, is the second function nurture, while the first one is nature? If so, then these neurotic individuals would mesh together in a positive manner, completing their types and balancing their extroversion with introversion. Thus we could end up with an Se+Fi type, an Ne+Fi type, and a Te+Ni type.

So what type is the group? Well, considering the Te type was the one that catalyzed everything, I suppose we could say the group is pretty hardcore centered around Te.
 

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assumptions (derived from Jungian theory):
- person1,2,3 as Te, Se, Ne would cast a shadow of Fi, Ni, Si in their behavior
- The Ti/Fe dimension is unused in each of these 3 individuals, if you look at them seperately you will see no Ti/Fe in their behavior

more assumptions for my story (the allowed scope):
People behave (=judge/perceive) different in groups than they would seperately, there has been much proof of this in lots of experiments. (Think peer pressure etc).
Lets assume their combined efforts behave different than their individual functions, as we now look at them as a group as if they are all in one body, and they act in consensus with one judgement/decision and one perception/worldview. The total group body cannot change type from Te, Se, Ne, so the problem is that we have to type the total group as one general type here. As if we do not even know that they seperate individuals inside the group body, the group body is just a blackbox in which we cannot peek and can only observe from outside as observing the group's final behavior. The group cannot sometimes be Te, sometimes Se, sometimes Ne, because none of the 3 inside are ever sleeping, they are all doing their thing always and perceiving/judging as one.

How would you think the Te&Se&Ne team act like (e.g. leave traces of, in their group behavior as a whole), if you had to choose from this:

A) Ti (with Fe shadow) in the group's consensus behavior as one
B) Fe (with Ti shadow) in the group's consensus behavior as one
C) You disagree with any Ti/Fe showing up and you think one of the 3 active functions or their shadow will be strongest and overrule all and become the group's main function. (then please state which one and why)
 
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