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

Extraversion and the Four Functions 43an extraverted way, while the inferior functions will be moreor less introverted.The superior function is always an expression of the consciouspersonality, of its aims, will, and general performance,whereas the less differentiated functions fall into the categoryof things that simply "happen" to one. 46A good example of this is the extraverted feeling type whonormally enjoys a close rapport with other people, yet occasionallyvoices opinions or makes remarks that are noticeablytactless. He may offer condolences at a wedding and congratulationsat a funeral. Such gaffes come from inferiorthinking, the fourth function, which in this type is not underconscious control and therefore not well related to others.The unconscious regularly manifests through the less differentiatedfunctions, which in the extravert have a subjectivecoloring and egocentric bias. Moreover, as mentioned abovein the introduction, the constant influx of unconscious contentsinto the conscious psychological process is such that it isoften difficult for an observer to tell which functions belongto the conscious and which to the unconscious personality. AsJung points out, this is further confused by the observer's ownpsychology:Generally speaking, a judging observer [thinking or feelingtype] will tend to seize on the conscious character, while aperceptive observer [sensation type or intuitive] will be moreinfluenced by the unconscious character, since judgment ischiefly concerned with the conscious motivation of the psychicprocess, while perception registers the process itself. 4746 Ibid., par. 575.47 Ibid., par. 576.