The 8 Archetypes of Extroverted Thinking (Te)
From John Beebe's 8 function personality type model
Here is how Beebe describes the three step process of Te:
Te
Enforcing
Regulating
persona goal of the process
Next you must look at which of the 8 archetypal roles it plays in the personality:
Hero Te
(ESTJ & ENTJ)
Parent Te
(ISTJ & INTJ)
Functions 1-4:
Eternal Child Te
(ESFP & ENFP)
Anima/
Animus Te
(ISFP & INFP)
Planning
heart of the process
The environment must be
efficiently organized
[mechanically correct].
Directs others to
efficiently organize the
environment.
Finds relief in organizing
the environment.
Feels inferior regarding
individual technical
(impersonal) knowledge
and logical
understanding
Shadow Functions:
Opposing
Feels obstructed in the
Personality Te way the environment is
(STP & INTP)
organized and other
mechanical things.
Witch/Senex Te Feels negated in or
(ESTP & ENTP)
Trickster Te
(INEJBISEJ)
Demon Te
(ESF.J & ENF.J)
= 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 external
logical order.
Sees people organizing the
environment logically as
"bad children."
Logical order is a
necessary evil done in a
huff to accomplish goal of
social harmony.
-Anita Ashland
