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

Extraversion and the Four Functions 55and they are punctual; they don't lose keys; they remember toturn the stove off and don't leave the lights on overnight. Theyare found among engineers, editors, athletes and people inbusiness.Extraverted sensation types pay attention to the externals oflife. They are fashion conscious and like to be impeccablydressed; they keep a good table with plenty of fine wine; theysurround themselves with exquisite possessions, beautifulpeople. They love parties and active sports, meetings andcommittees. They are the kind of persons who climb MountEverest "because it's there." Those who do not share their typologicalpredilections are dubbed as stuffy and timid.In short, this type is oriented toward concrete enjoyment—"real life," lived to the full.To feel the object, to have sensations and if possible enjoythem—that is his constant aim. He is by no means unlovable;on the contrary, his lively capacity for enjoyment makes himvery good company; he is usually a jolly fellow, and sometimesa refined aesthete .... Conjectures that go beyond theconcrete are admitted only on condition that they enhancesensation. The intensification does not necessarily have to bepleasurable, for this type need not be a common voluptuary;he is merely desirous of the strongest sensations, and these, byhis very nature, he can receive only from outside. 63The ideal of extraverted sensation types is to be well adjustedto reality, things as they are—as they see and experiencethem. Their love is irrevocably dependent on the physicalattractions of the loved one. What their partner thinks,feels or wonders about may be of little or no interest—butthey will notice and remark on details other types are obliviousto: the brand of after-shave, the style of earrings, new63 Ibid., par. 607.