The 8 Archetypes of Introverted Thinking (Ti)
From John Beebe's 8 function personality type model
Here is how Beebe describes the three step process of Ti:
Hero Ti
(ISTP & INTP)
Next you must look at which of the 8 archetypal roles it plays in the personality:
Parent Ti
(ENTP & ESTP)
Defining
heart of the process
Ti
Understanding
goal of the process
Functions 1-4:
Anima/
Animus Ti
(ENFJGESEJ)
Naming
persona
Intellectual clarity. Life
must make technical
sense to their individual
understanding.
Eternal Child Ti Childlike exploration of
(INEJBISED)
logical frameworks.
Teaches others according Witch/Senex Ti Feels negated in or
to logical truth.
(INTJ & ISTJ)
Shadow Functions:
Opposing Feel obstructed by or
Personality Ti stubborn about
(ESTJ & ENTJ)
individually understood
technical principles.
Feels inferior regarding
individual technical
(impersonal) knowledge
and logical
understanding.
Trickster Ti
(ENFP & ESFP))
Demon Ti
(INFP & ISFP)
- The functions used in developing self and identity.
= The functions used when interacting with others.
Sources:
*Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type by John Beebe.
*Personality Matrix Toward an integrated multiple-lens theory of
typology by Eric Bolden.
disgruntled about variable
logical principles.
Deliberately
misunderstands a point to
be silly or trap others.
Feels that logical analysis
totally depersonalizes life.
-Anita Ashland
