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Introduction to Jungian Typology 33scious will. The others are wholly or partially unconscious,and the inferior function mostly so. Thus the conscious orientationof the thinking type is balanced by unconscious feeling,and vice versa, while sensation is compensated by intuition,and so on.Jung speaks of a "numinal accent" that falls on either theobject or the subject, depending on whether one is extravertedor introverted. This numinal accent also "selects" one or otherof the four functions, whose differentiation is essentially anempirical consequence of typical differences in the functionalattitude. 29 Thus one finds extraverted feeling in an introvertedintellectual, introverted sensation in an extraverted intuitive,and so on.An additional problem in establishing a person's typologyis that unconscious, undifferentiated functions can color a personalityto such an extent that an outside observer might easilymistake one type for another.For instance, the rational types (thinking and feeling) willhave relatively inferior irrational functions (sensation and intuition);what they consciously and intentionally do may accordwith reason (from their own point of view), but whathappens to them may well be characterized by infantile,primitive sensations and intuitions. As Jung points out,Since there are vast numbers of people whose lives consistmore of what happens to them than of actions governed by rationalintentions, [an onlooker], after observing them closely,might easily describe [thinking and feeling types] as irrational.And one has to admit that only too often a man's unconsciousmakes a far stronger impression on an observer than his consciousnessdoes, and that his actions are of considerably moreimportance than his rational intentions. 3029 Psychological Types, CW 6, pars. 982ff.30 Ibid., par. 602.
34 Introduction to Jungian TypologyIt can be as difficult to establish one's own type as that ofanother person, especially when people have already becomebored with their primary function and dominant attitude. VonFranz comments:They very often assure you with absolute sincerity that theybelong to the type opposite from what they really are. The extravertswears that he is deeply introverted, and vice versa.This comes from the fact that the inferior function subjectivelyfeels itself to be the real one, it feels itself the more important,more genuine attitude. . . . It does no good, therefore,to think of what matters most when trying to discover one'stype; rather ask: "What do I habitually do most?" 31In practice, it is often helpful to ask oneself: What is mygreatest cross? From what do I suffer the most? Where is it inlife that I always knock my head against the wall and feelfoolish? The answers to such questions generally lead to theinferior attitude and function, which then, with some determinationand a good deal of patience, may perhaps be broughtto a degree of consciousness.Caveat to the ReaderIt will now be apparent that while there is a simple eleganceand symmetry to Jung's model of typology, its use as a diagnostictool, or even as a guide to self-understanding, is farfrom simple. Jung warns his readers accordingly:Although there are doubtless individuals whose type can berecognized at first glance, this is by no means always the case.As a rule, only careful observation and weighing of the evidencepermit a sure classification. However simple and clearthe fundamental principle of the [opposing attitudes and functions]may be, in actual reality they are complicated and hard31 Jung's Typology, p. 16.
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