Personality types: Jung's model of typology - Inner City Books

114 A Dinner Party with the TypesShe married a connoisseur—an aesthete—who puts greatvalue on living a life of unobtrusive luxury. Here he is:The Introverted Sensation TypeOur host is an art historian and collector. But thinking is forhim an inferior function, so although he collects books andowns an impressive collection, he does not delve deeply intotheir content.He is tall, dark and lean, as silent as his wife is talkative.He seems to barricade himself behind his wife's chatter. Hecannot fathom her dedication to these dinner parties whichforce him to abandon his beautiful, quiet study. However,they have agreed that she will organize the social side of theirlife and he knows from long experience that she is a master atthe art of entertaining. She is the one who brings needed extraversionto their marriage and connects them to the outsideworld.He greets his guests in an elegant way, a bit restrained, andoffers his slender hand to the well-known lawyer just comingin. In actual fact, he despises this woman, who is an extravertedthinking type. In greeting her, he mistakenly says,"Goodbye." The hostess, who observes this gaffe with horror,tries to make up for it with a double dose of friendliness.The Extraverted Thinking TypeThe lawyer is the first guest to arrive. Being very concernedwith her social position, she would never forgive herself if shewere late.Having recently graduated with honors, she is at the beginningof a promising career as a defense lawyer. Already shehas achieved some status as a speaker. Her judgment is accurateand her logic indisputable. Her arguments are based onaccepted, concrete facts, speculative ideas being alien to her.As with most extraverted thinking types, she is conservative