The 8 Archetypes of Introverted Feeling (Fi)
From John Beebe's 8 function personality type model
Here is how Beebe describes the three step process of Fi:
Hero Fi
(INFP & ISFP)
Parent Fi
(ENFP & ESFP)
Next you must look at which of the 8 archetypal roles it plays in the personality:
Anima/
Animus Fi
(ESTJ & ENTJ)
Appraising
heart of the process
Functions 1-4:
Sources:
Judging
persona
Life must be humanely
congruent ("good") to my
individual values.
Finds relief through inner
Eternal Child Fi harmony; sometimes
(INTJ & ISTJ)
states strong value
judgments.
Teaching others by one's
own personal relationship
to situations.
Fi
Might feel inferior on an
individual "humane" level.
Establishing
the value
goal of the process
Shadow Functions:
Opposing
Feels stubborn about
Personality Fi individual personal values.
(ESFJ & ENFI)
Can angrily hit others with
Witch/Senex Fi individual personal or
(NFJ &ISFJ)
universal ethical "truth."
Trickster Fi
(ENTP & ESTP)
Demon Fi
(NTP &ISTP)
- The functions used in developing self and identity.
- The functions used when interacting with others.
*Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type by John Beebe
*Personality Matrix Toward an integrated multiple-lens theory of
typology by Eric Bolden.
Sees opponent's passion
about personal values and
tries to outdo it in a
childish fashion.
The personal factor in
situations might be a guilt-
provoking issue they want
to go away.
-Anita Ashland
