Socionics Fi Function Description

Fi Function Description

classic dichotomy names

Ethics of Forgiveness and Judgment / Relatio

Empathizing, Pragmatism, Introversion, Conscientiousness, Invariance

Personal relationship, individual style, psychological distance, attachment, politeness, tact, gratitude, guilt, shame, respect, empathy, ethics, morality, conscience

Psyche Function: Forming modest and responsive behavior.

Time orientation: Past Perfect.

Key evaluations: Decent–Indecent, Good–Bad.

Order Preservation Function (Negentropy): through maintaining order in relationships, emotional-ethical normativity, emotional-ethical classification of the surrounding environment.

An interest in another's personal individuality, effective assistance and responsiveness to those in need. Conscience, compassion. The ability to form an image of another person, understand their personal characteristics, and manage their behavior.

Fi plays a leading role in cognitive empathy (recognition of other people's emotional states, primarily through visual observation and without personal involvement in their emotions.

Characterized by emotional-ethical influence aimed at changing others' behavior (but not their mood), as well as altering the structure of relationships and the distance in communication. For these purposes, Fi uses not only verbal remarks but also actively employs eye contact and control over distances (both physical distance and emotional-relational distance—from restrained praise to social boycott).

In behavior, it manifests as modesty, gentleness.

Extreme Manifestations: guiltiness, imposed moral code.

EII (+Fi): More open, never refuses anyone, a person who can't say no. They enjoy helping, and even knowing that people don't deserve it, they may still help in hopes of humanity. "You are wrong now, but I'll help you, hoping you'll learn and become a better person, and never do this again." The hope is that by treating people well, they will realize their mistakes and become good. Trust, forgive. Seeks to justify bad actions.

ESI (-Fi): Primarily notices the bad in relationships between people, always stays away from bad people, senses them immediately, cuts them off, rejects them, and literally puts up a barrier against them. The most important thing for ESI is to keep malevolent, evil, bad people off their territory. Keep distance.

Introverted Fi: The desire and ability to maintain established relationships and psychological distances.

Extraverted Fi: The desire and ability to intentionally initiate new relationships and manipulate psychological distances.

Fi + Empathizing = Attention to the relationships of those around.

Fi + Pragmatism = More interested in the development of individual personalities rather than societal reform; prefers an individual approach to each person.

Fi + Introversion = Doubts in their ability to independently solve complex problems, avoids new and challenging tasks due to fear of failure.

Fi + Conscientiousness = Social anxiety, fear of letting others down, adjusts behavior to align with social norms.

Fi + Invariance = Ability to maintain a sense of self-respect in oneself and others, creates a psychologically respectful atmosphere in communication.

Fi + Systemizing = Not prone to impulsive actions out of emotion.

Fi + Passionarism = The ability to love and be loyal despite personal gain.

Fi + Extraversion = Eagerly studies and discusses those around them.

Fi + Spontaneity = Pronounced logical deficit in thinking and low confidence in any truths.

Fi + Adaptivity = Concealing one's true opinion and instead declaring socially desirable views.

Fi + Fe = The ability to empathize with others' troubles.

Fi + Te = Serious attitude toward work and fulfilling personal agreements with others.

Fi + Ti = Dislikes unexpected turns of events, any deviation from the usual and controllable course of things.

Fi + Ne = Ability to empathize with people, believing in the best in everyone.

Fi + Se = Ability to distinguish friends from foes and subtly control the behavior of those around them.

Fi + Ni = Quiet, prefers not to draw unnecessary attention, the type of observer of people.

Fi + Si = Gentle by nature, prefers to calm others, the type of comforter.

Fi - Ti = Interested in individual style rather than general patterns.

Fi - Te = Low intellectual self-esteem in terms of the ability to manage complex mechanisms.

Fi - Fe = Seeks to dampen the most intense emotions (both negative and positive).

Fi - Ne = Socially 'correct' behavior, carefully observes all unwritten rules of society.

Fi - Se = A developed sense of guilt, conscientiousness, law-abidingness.

Fi - Ni = Refrains from taking risks due to a sense of responsibility towards others.

Fi - Si = Ethical insight.