Knowing oneself is one of the oldest questions of mankind. There are a lot of answers, like templates, during this time. The only true, unfortunately, does not exist. Any way to understand the psyche, even if itās your own, does not do without the nuances that often play a fatal role in such a complex matter. Today we turn to one of these methods, or rather, only to a separate aspect of socionics - the white sensory.
Socionics
Socionics is often not taken seriously, and it does not have a scientific status. And indeed, in fact, this is only a concept of personality and character types. It is worth saying that such a discipline is often interpreted ambiguously. Someone sees in it only a simple framework of psychology, and someone sees an almost comprehensive science. But here we will consider only its psychological aspect, namely, the white sensory.
In order to have an approximate understanding of what is written below, let's look at the structure from a height of flight. In socionics, 16 types of personality are distinguished, each of which has a letter designation, which we will consider later, and an alias:
- Stirlitz (LSE).
- "Maxim Gorky" (LSI).
- Jack London (LIE).
- Robespierre (LII).
- Hugo (ESE).
- Dreiser (ESI).
- Hamlet (EIE).
- "Dostoevsky" (EII).
- Zhukov (SLE).
- "Gabin" (SLI).
- Napoleon (SEE)
- "Dumas" (SEI).
- Don Quixote (ILE).
- Balzac (OR).
- Huxley (IEE).
- Yesenin (IEI).
Such an assignment of "nicknames" does not look scientific at all and gives rise to distrust. However, letās try to cast aside skepticism and focus on the elements of each sociotype.
Structure
If everything is more or less clear with the pseudonym, then questions arise about the letter designation. In the process of answering them, we will just stumble upon the purpose of the article.
Letter designations reflect the main functions of a particular sociotype. Namely:
- L - Logic.
- C - Sensory.
- E - Ethics.
- And - Intuition.
In this case, the last letter denotes the psychological type of personality:
- E - Extrovert.
- And - Introvert.
That is, for example, LII is a logical and intuitive introvert, SEE is a meno-ethical extravert. Now let's take a closer look at the functions.
Functions
Logic is responsible for thinking, forming facts and analyzing information, in other words, for logical thinking.
Ethics are subjective judgments about an object, an assessment: good or bad, beautiful or ugly.
Sensory - any perception through the senses: eye contact, information heard, comfort or lack thereof.
Intuition is perception through unconscious contact. Covers any objects and phenomena. A premonition of profit or danger is a prime example of intuition.
Here we will focus on the sensorics and consider its types.
Sensory
In socionics there is a white and black sensory. Despite being related to the same function, they are completely different things.
Black sensory is associated with strength, power and will. Those who have such a strong aspect of sensoryism create the impression of strong-willed people who are able to force themselves and others to act. Purposeful and reliable, they create their own inviolable borders beyond which only the āchosen onesā are allowed to pass.
People with a predominant white sensory are real masters in terms of comfort, both physical and mental. They always know how to arrange a cozy atmosphere, and therefore, some ephemeral warmth is always felt next to them. Those with a white sensory appearance in a strong form do not necessarily seek to look or behave in a āpleasantā way. Rather, they carry this ācomfortā in themselves, looking equally harmonious in a strict tuxedo and in a circus clown costume.
Kinds
Sensory, like other functions, can be on one of the positions in the character of a person. Each position involves its own kind of function. Consider three types of white sensors:
- Basic.
- Role-playing.
- Painful.
The basic white sensory is therefore called the ābasicā one, because it has a dominant position in the character of the personality, that is, it is the main one. Based on the above concept, we recall that this perception is through the senses. This means that for such an individual, firstly, physical comfort is very important, and therefore, the desire for him explains the main goals in life. Secondly, such a person mainly perceives information through these very sensory organs, and not through thinking or intuition.
The role-playing white sensor has a self-explanatory name. Such a sensory is the role that a person plays in society. In this context, a person with such a role function seeks to create the impression of an economic and practical person who knows firsthand comfort. As soon as the human environment disappears, such a person no longer needs to try on the role of a "warm master". He is not interested in creating comfort for himself.
Painful white sensory is a kind of vulnerability in the psyche of personality. It can manifest itself in different ways: a person either completely ignores it, or takes it too sharply. In the context of a white sensory, a person can either completely ignore body signals and not care about comfort, or experience stress at the slightest physical inconvenience or slight pain. One way or another, it is difficult for a person to adequately assess their capabilities in terms of pain function.
Behavior examples
For a better understanding, we take three abstract examples, one for each type of white sensor. Let's consider them in more detail.
For example, a person whose white sensory is in the main, basic position can be identified by life goals. He, as a rule, seeks a comfortable life for himself and his loved ones. First of all, material comfort is implied. So, if the main goal of a certain personās activity is to earn money, to have material wealth and to lead a comfortable life, then we can safely assume that he has a white sensor as his basic function.
Now consider the following example. The role-playing white sensory, as we recall, does not imply a sincere desire for a comfortable life. This is only the role of the individual within society. This means that if someone looks like a person who appreciates comfort and is able to feel comfort, but who does not follow his material condition so much and is not so attached to him, then we can assume that he only "plays a role".
Painful white sensory can be recognized by acute or indifferent reaction. That is, a person reacts to its manifestations with extremes, they cause him inconvenience. Take a situation of lack of familiar comfort, such as camping with tents and other attributes. A person with a painful white sensory will either shy away from every mosquito bite, or act as if he spent half his life in such conditions: even the most severe discomfort will go unnoticed. Most often, of course, the first. The second option can be considered as a conscious / unconscious escape from one's own weakness. In other words, such people simply cannot correctly interpret the signals of their own body.
Sociotypes with white sensory
Since we are already at the finish line, for completeness, we indicate sociotypes with the above functions.
Basic white sensor:
- Dumas (sensory-ethical introvert).
- Gabin (sensory-logical introvert).
Role-playing white sensors:
- Yesenin (intuitive ethical introvert).
- Balzac (intuitive logical introvert).
Painful white sensory:
- Hamlet (ethical-intuitive extrovert).
- Jack London (logical and intuitive extrovert).
To summarize
Of course, this is only one aspect of socionics, and it does not give us a complete picture. And all socionics as a whole does not seem to be a panacea for personality throwing. After all, if you think about it, then Jung and many other psychologists put their lives to the study of the human psyche. And it would be strange to assume that the answer to their many questions lies in sixteen types of personality. However, "even a journey of a thousand or so begins with one step." So why don't we draw this starting line through socionics?