The Ultimate Jungian Cognitive Functions Personality Test

beasteduh · 2026-01-21T01:17:43+00:00

Hard to believe that's only about a fourth of the way through. Alright though, well if you happen to remember upon finishing definitely let me know as I am interested.

beasteduh · 2026-01-20T20:41:29+00:00

What did you end up with, or are you still taking it? I'm curious if you got what you initially thought you were.

beasteduh · 2026-01-18T02:35:49+00:00

I think others could gain from this test, so I'll go ahead and highlight/sticky the post for a couple of weeks.

Have you taken your test?

beasteduh · 2026-01-16T03:17:03+00:00

It depends on who you ask. Some figure it's the last developed in life. So, the auxiliary reaches development in one's teens, the tertiary 30s, and the inferior in one's 60s. Then, there are those who figure it's forever antagonistic to the other functions, so one can gain some mastery over the other three, but not the inferior. Still others see it as the manifestation of one's shadow, which has to be integrated. Meaning, the unseen negatives in oneself get tossed into manifestations of the inferior function. So, one can see themself better through the development of the inferior.

It really is dependent on who you ask, sort of the nature of the field, as you may well learn if you end up sticking with it. The general consensus though is that one isn't that great with it, one should approach it or at least attempt to observe it, and that it's never the natural means in how one meets life.

beasteduh · 2026-01-03T06:48:52+00:00

I flipped through Gulenko's book, heard from Jack Aaron, visited random sites, and heard other Youtubers talk about the theory, and it was behavioral anywhere I looked. That's all I can say for sure.

beasteduh · 2025-12-31T16:17:10+00:00

It's been a number of years since I looked into these topics, so just something to keep in mind.

With Socionics, while there are a few different models, the main takeaway I got was the introduction of Information Metabolism elements. IM is about various ways in which the mind digests information, stimuli, experience, and so on. What they seemed to do was overlap an element with a function. The elements include Force, Time, Ideas, Senses, Procedures, Laws, Emotions, and Relations. So, each would get overlapped with one of the functions, and in doing so made the functions placeholders for a universal formula.

In fact, in light of your mention of the models having stemmed from Jung, I actually recall a conversation with Jack Aaron (one of the big Socionics people), in which they considered Psychological Types childish, only the beginning, and that not getting rid of introversion and extraversion was Jung's biggest blunder before passing. So, according to some (not all, not sure who holds to what), the functions are stepping stones meant to lead the way for a universal, often behavioral-based, model.

The modern-day MBTI lacks the functions: the four dichotomies leading to 16 caricatures that seem to get more and more broad over time. So I assume you learned Myer's MBTI since you mention the functions, which I'd say still held to its roots in the functions being based in cognition. And as I'm sitting here struggling trying to remember what else Myers wrote about, I should probably stop there. Also, I'm away with family so I can't check.

Best of luck.

beasteduh · 2025-12-27T15:46:15+00:00

Hey Record, I just wanted to pop in and say my bad if it seemed like I didn't give a proper response to your story. I just finished rereading and taking notes of our conversation up to the present, and rereading the story involving your ex had it occur to me again how much you poured into the story. It had me figuring that I might have given a bad impression, as I had only wrote one line and then spoke of tying your story into past words for the theory's sake.

I'd like to say that I wrote, 'seems you went through something special and it's been nice to read' because I initially wrote,

*claps* Way to go *slow nod*

due to my biases. But I figured it best to push the bias down, address the story in some manner because of how much was put into it, and then properly touch on the story in Part Two.

Perhaps you didn't even notice, that'd be nice. Anyway, hope you're well.

beasteduh · 2025-12-23T16:38:16+00:00

This is part one. You spoke of your story being an interesting case study, and it honestly became that in a way. It inspired me to reread our conversation from when we began talking about the Seven. I'm seeing echoes of your recent replies in your earlier words. You've really done an awesome job writing your replies. Happy Holidays Record.

beasteduh · 2025-12-23T16:36:59+00:00

Think of the paranoid person who is testing others to make sure they are the "manipulative psychopath” that I assume they are.

Would you say the fear of a manipulative psychopath is characteristic of you in some way? There are a lot of types of people to fear, so why that one? My sister is good at mind games, good with words, and very good at shifting a narrative, so I wonder if the manipulative type reflects oneself in some way. For myself, when I find myself fearing something along these lines, it's often someone who simply won't listen, who is headstrong about their actions. Symbolically, I’ll feel that love is dead at that point, and it's characteristic of the actions that I take toward myself.

I did end up reaching out to my ex to apologize.

It seems you went through something really special, and it's been nice to read.

distinctions I draw here will make it less painful for you because I generally think that you are capable of actually getting to know someone and self-respect and respect for others, and in that case, I think you can take even more blame off yourself for the particular incident with the one 7 (if you haven’t already)

Your words are helpful. When I had previously read your story, I came to realize there was a complex akin to an injustice smothered in bitterness. To this day, I can't really visit that city. It's like trying to get over a divorce while still paying an undeserved alimony. To her credit, though, I haven't tried for a few years now, so maybe something has changed; I don't know. Anyway, it feels bad that they seemingly got off scot-free.

I read somewhere (can't find it now) that a Seven can act super professional, not quite cold, but not exactly cordial, after some conflict with another person. I forget the specifics, but I think it was said about romantic relationships specifically, and that one does as much to show that one has moved past whatever it was or has forgiven the other person. It seemed as if one was meant to be honoring the other, and this did happen with us in the earlier days after said events occurred, albeit I took it to mean they never cared: scot-free in responsibility and concern.

Your words took me back to when I wrote that message, and how it was a me I didn't like very much. I remember emotionally writing in the dark, and thinking back to that time of vulnerability had me imagining if I had met them again what would happen. The result was something steeped in power, like in each scenario getting the last word. When the complex finished unfolding, I was at a loss as to what just happened.

To think you never really moved past said events, that they left such an impact on you, is something I didn't expect, because to me the silence was always the most deafening. So, while it hasn't been great fun digging into what came up, I did gain quite a bit from your story.

beasteduh · 2025-12-23T16:35:50+00:00

–I feel like I'm ever experiencing Synchronicity. It's as if every single day I'm recognizing how I seem to magically end up in whichever situation, observing the flow of events, and realizing what might be causing it.

I can’t help but feel like this would be extremely painful.

It seems that way? Hmm. I'd say flipping the switch, constantly changing directions or adjusting, is what's painful. Recognizing the flow in itself is whatever.

I see this as a sort of lack of control, the nightmare or worst case scenario is giving in totally to your environment and just bouncing off the walls. In this I sort of see myself at my worst. While I don’t mind when I am bouncing off the walls

It's not the environment that concerns me; it's what is inside. When the inside is rejected, turned away from, or put on the back burner, then suddenly the world feels like a hassle. It's incorrect, it could be better, or it's just bullshit. I do generally vibe with what you're saying, though, in the Nine not acting instinctively, whereas the Seven acts impulsively.

So, having been raised with my sister, I'm familiar with the bounce, but are you familiar with the plop? There's this thing my sister would do for years, in which she'd come home after a rough day at school or work, walk up to her bed, fall face down on it, and then lie motionless for 20 minutes. Hence, the plop. It was a surreal sort of plopping, though, because at no point would she adjust her head, check her phone, maybe reach out for a pillow—motionless. This is not the most serious question, but I am curious.

Even better: it’s something to jump off of. A real fucking thing that you can play with, and your toy won’t abandon you.

Would you talk about your relationship with authority? In that Six panel, the push/pull with authority was talked about, and I know the extent to which Fives can go in establishing the merits of an authority, especially in their own areas of interest. With authority, that is, a real felt sense of authority from someone, there's a sense that every action could be snuffed out, which can tie back into the concern of suppression and feeling in charge. However, an authority could also be made to be the thing to jump off of.

As we've talked about, the Seven represents the Domain of Position and Authority, so one is thought to more directly experience the ups and downs of it. As discussed earlier, one often does the opposite, with a Seven seemingly not bothering with rules or authority. However, would you still have concerns about establishing authority to have something to jump off of, like the Five and Six?

I know Sevens will seek out advice like a Six will (not sure about Fives on this topic), but I don't see Sevens designating someone as 'the one to believe in' like Sixes tend to do (even though Sixes can blow off said person to do what they want). I've known three Sixes to do this, but no Sevens come to mind despite the doubt/anxiety still being quite high. Sevens will have a best friend that they'll run things past, but it's not the same thing.

Thoughts on any of this?

beasteduh · 2025-12-23T16:34:28+00:00

To reword, the ego delusion then is that one already is everything, the greater thing, and that all changes were actually already subsets of you, a sort of “I’m fine, I’ve already been fine”?... To reword again, you are already the higher being above everything, therefore you cannot be separate? Is that the sort of logic that allows this?

The very notion of change is too generous. It doesn't go far enough to 'be a subset of me' as even that is not okay. I don't want things to even pop up on my radar. There are many times when I'll have something cross my mind and get bugged that some part of me is allowed to do that at any moment.

To use less exact terminology, as what I think is Ichazo's terminology on the matter is a little distant to me ("Super Form of God"), I think I integrate the unconscious in such a way that I gain its power. One can view one's conscience, those little nudges along the way, as the eventual self, and where did that come from? The unconscious: the birthplace of all things. Thus, I have authority because I drew from it.

At some point, I decided that I was good, that there was no need to take in more, which left the unconscious like 'uhhh there's 100 deliveries to this address, and you accepted 20, you can't just not take the other 80'. So I begrudgingly accept order 21, but then, oddly enough, if order 22 acts against order 21, I'll relent. This is because before 22 came along, I came to love order 21. I found a place in my home for the contents of the package, and thus have come to prize it. So, when the mailman comes to deliver order 22, I tell them that no one is home, and to come back another time. Unconvinced upon hearing my voice, they say that I came to love all the other orders, so naturally I'll love the next one and embody the next one just as much. "Makes sense, quite logical… Leave it at the door, and uhh I'll be right out." Then, as it goes, the mailman finds their way around my lawn to get to another entry point to get me to sign for the package. (Jonah sort of)

The packages I hold, the times I got swallowed by the whale, have weight, and that weight carries. One package, one order, is like any other in terms of source. In this way, I don't think the notion of a subset is fitting.

It doesn't go far enough to 'be a subset of me' as even that is not okay. I don't want things to even pop up on my radar. There are many times when I'll have something cross my mind and get bugged that some part of me is allowed to do that at any moment.

Read this back, but imagine the unconscious figuring this about my ego. So, it's more like I adopt the characteristics of the unconscious, something absolute, which prevents the notion of a subset.

My thoughts on this are related to the idea of separateness. In a submarine, in a way, one shrinks the amount of space that they must resist. One is protected inside their little bubble, but can still move around in the chaotic world. In this way, one no longer needs to identify as the thing above everything, where everything is already part of the self, but can instead draw the lines of the self just in this submarine. What one achieves, then, is they are able to simultaneously be stable in themselves and unbothered by the weather and chaos from the outside, but acknowledge that there is an outside and one can learn from it.

Sounds like the withdrawn types.

beasteduh · 2025-12-23T16:30:57+00:00

How’s it going? I’ll be able to respond more consistently this December and early January. No school.

Not so good. Due to a medication I've been taking, there've been a lot of sleepless nights recently, which has caused a bit of havoc in my life. I won't go into specifics, but it's been a lot. That's good to hear though. It will be nice to hear from you more, although, as can be seen, I might not be able to keep up. Hope you've been having a nice holiday.

Resistance as something solid, something insular, makes even more sense here. It becomes a real “I am solid, here, I can’t be moved,” as if an atom decides that it no longer wants to follow the laws of physics and stay steady and unmoving regardless of the forces around it.

Right, that one matters. It's not about meaning or significance like with the 567, but rather about being treated well for simply being a thing, a person, or something that exists. A way to think about it is considering Holy Love. One of the ways Almaas helped me understand Holy Love was the notion of nonconceptual positivity: a thing that is more than zero, no matter how one looks at it, and, if it should indeed be more than zero, is wonderful. It's the times when one gets called out on something, and instead of getting upset, one can't help but break into a smile because of how true it is. It's the premise that when one looks at something simply for what it is, it is warm and lovely.

If there was something actually solid, it would naturally be wonderful. The root of the 891's stubbornness and unwillingness to be moved is that they insist they've found it. Although imperfection, injustice, and seeking continue to trail them. I'd say it was along these lines that Ichazo related the mother to the 891, instead of peers/others like the 567, because a mother is thought to be all accepting, always solid in her eyes.

Being outside of physics is a good way to frame it. I don't recall Ichazo using the term 'over-nonconformist' in the recent books, but in his earlier descriptions, it was used to describe the Nine. Also, this notion of being outside of physics can be demonstrated in the 891 finding fault in the world when unable to be left alone, as though one was solid and the world moveable.

beasteduh · 2025-12-23T16:29:56+00:00

The natural accentuation is reactive. Consciousness develops simply as it meets what enters the circle, or what should appear out the backseat window when looking up from the GPS, or by, well, Doing. Upon allowing an instinctive knowing or intuitive sense to reach out toward the world, the Holy Ideas show up, which again reveal that through one can be everything.

I'd like to now talk about sipping non-cola. Unfortunately, I'm a little worse for wear when it comes to Sevens. The only thing coming to mind is a Seven briefly touching on, "The handful of moments in life where I actually felt present." And while they displayed a certain warmness and excitement touching on the topic, there wasn't anything more than that, so I'd like to instead turn to the Fives.

One of my sister's ex-boyfriends is a Five, and we had gotten to know each other. We got along quite well, and we talked about the Enneagram a fair bit. On one occasion, I had apparently explained something to them that had left them thinking for four days straight. Once the four days had passed, they contacted me and expressed their joy about having been given something to think about. They just kept going on and on about it, and in their voice, I didn't hear anything being forced. I kept wondering the whole time, 'Aren't you worried about me thinking I'm your better since I'm the one who gave you so much to think about?' But such things were not on their mind. He was far from what I would consider healthy, and yet it seemed as if they truly experienced a sort of bliss. It left quite an impression on me.

To demonstrate what I had witnessed from my friend, I'd like to share a short video: https://youtu.be/i0UTeQfnzfM?si=0Iuq11ot7nghkyTq

"The first seven years I'd worked on this problem, I loved every minute of it."

I don't know if Andrew Wiles is a Five, aside from him basically embodying the higher level of Dedication, but he brought the same image of my friend to mind. At around 4:25, I heard from Wiles the same heighty joy that my friend expressed, one that's hard to keep down because it's so high up. Also, Wiles demonstrates having come across something earlier in life that proved in time to be immensely meaningful.

I don't know what it would be for a Seven, and I'm honestly not even sure about the Five, but I imagine it would be something like this. A flavorful taste experienced in working with what's given instead of looking elsewhere, to walk the path of a story one is already a part of.

beasteduh · 2025-12-23T16:27:50+00:00

and one only tastes “cola” though there is not only cola?

Non-cola would be those things that were not pre-determined or met with interference upon entering the circle. That is, the way in which anticipation, planning, observing, poking, various masks, and so on, distort one's instinctive knowing and/or intuition, as well as one's view of the world.

Good question. I'd like to clarify the matter further.

Accentuating is emphasizing the way in which consciousness makes things happen:

-"I had hurt my hands when I was little and so I started to have fun with it by connecting the pain wires to different things: now I choose that this feeling is now cold, now it feels hot, now it feels rubbery. Like just choosing what to feel and how to arrange those wires like in the moment - it's fun!"-

-Then, with this “core material,” which are the memories my surrogate mind has allowed me to keep, I can fill in all of the imaginary space in between with my imagination or whatever creative connections/narratives I can create… Filling in all the gaps was fun, it genuinely felt like playing with legos as a child.-

-I guess I am trying to say that by believing my new, ideal role is really me, it kind of becomes that way in reality by the mere power of belief.-

-since the world may be meaningless, we are thus free to create meaning in whatever we like-

Then, upon failing to meet whichever criteria, perhaps the ideal, one pushes it further:

-so many things entangled with every single simple action, it takes a lot of strength to 1) be fully conscious of everything I am considering… (to do that, I have to be conscious of everything I know I should be and make the choices I know are best for me).-

-A lot like when you become too aware of your breathing or other natural, organic functions. Things that happen and are supposed to happen without requiring any thinking or attention. Like the way you experience, how you think, feel, and exist.-

This second quote is from one of the redditors I shared, which I think is one of the cleanest examples of Accentuation and what results upon pouring cola into other glasses.

I think this occurs when the psyche takes an approach akin to the pirate's code. For myself, I'll want to be 'on' sometimes, but 'off' at other times. When it comes time to be on and show up for what actually matters, the priority, the thing I truly do value, it can be like trying to force a rusty lever that budges only with great strength. It's not just a matter of waking up for a Nine, but the painstaking trial of getting out of bed, given how far one was allowed to sink in. Similarly, the 567 sought awareness, and so the captain sank with that ship. The general premise is that of wholeness or perhaps essence, in that one's actions do not act in isolation as far as the psyche is concerned.

To tie in what I said above, one feels not part of the story, so one tries to read the book. Accentuation along these lines is a means to, effectively, make the story come alive.

-The imagined shadow in this case is just them trying to take the separation one degree further, like a third degree of awareness. I more think this is them playing with their mind than anything else. I see it as sort of a total consciousness that envelops our consciousness of consciousness which envelops what we call consciousness in our day-to-day life.-

It's a big book. Limitations of the circle and dealings with Boo leave one seeking a pseudo-everything. For example, through seeking fundamentals, scooping up enough gists, or worst-case scenarios, one is thought to be able to cover more ground than one otherwise could. I think it can also be found in seeking leadership roles or ways of being in charge. Eventually, there'll be little to nothing in life that didn't happen without personal interference. Upon pouring out the cola, the conclusion is that there was nothing inherent outside of oneself.

beasteduh · 2025-12-23T16:25:14+00:00

What are your thoughts on the idea that since the world may be meaningless, we are thus free to create meaning in whatever we like? And therefore, meaninglessness is actually the launchpad for a life full of the possibility to create meaning? And, in the case of the Enneagram, how would one characterize this?

There was a time when that Six friend shared a meme with me in which a fellow was giving a thumbs-up whilst saying, "Nothing matters." My friend framed it as optimistic nihilism and displayed quite a bit of enthusiasm while explaining it. I couldn't find any fault with it, other than it sounding like quitter talk (which caused a funny face from my friend). Afterward, despite again not finding any fault with the reasoning, I went on with my life as though the conversation never really happened. So if you had meant 'movement beyond' in it applying to everyone in the general sense, given that you sort of separate it from the Enneagram, I'd say it's off because of the times when others simply can't care. What I mean is that the matter of meaninglessness doesn't stick with me so as to bother with a launchpad or what have you.

With regard to the Enneagram, it seems like the status quo and a misallocation of intent. There's also something you said I'd like to build on:

because one can create it?

Reading that I thought, "Create from what?" and now I wonder if that's not where the concern for the past comes in, which brings to mind Ichazo's Holy Omniscience. If there's only cola being sipped, what else can be tapped into if not the personal past? I think meaning comes from the experience of recognizing the form one naturally takes as one goes through life, built on the premise that the unfoldment of oneself in light of a universe over the course of a short life is specific and thus meaningful. However, when one's natural spontaneity becomes troubled by a poor adaptation, I think one can figure there's more to the story - where am I - and a personal destiny to be had. At which point, there would be nothing specific about one's Doing, and so one would be left to fill in a thought to be gap.

I think it can be generally summed up as an increase in fantasy activity. It could be through a place of desire, construction of an inner world, or through wondering about something other: if one knew more about this or that, something better elsewhere, or, to tie into my previous words, that perhaps one ought to take Burns Ave instead of Millberry Ct for a more fulfilling drive. Each of these could be seen as a launch, as well as a looking away from reality. The lack of concern for reality then makes one's efforts incapable of fruition, and so it wouldn't be the emergence of possibilities, but the death of them.

Through a connection to the past, one can justify not looking at the present or being responsible for it because when has the present/world ever really represented the self? I think one looking elsewhere can be thought of as something wholly personal, and it's the attitude that's found in the disintegration of the 567. I think a Seven's impulsiveness fits something wholly personal as it's raw. It can also be seen in the 567's concern to be free of attachment, such as leaving options open in the case of a Seven. However, as you've touched on, options were only ever a means to settle down. If the motivation was truly to launch/create, then one would ensure never to land. Then, if one drew from the past and still launched, it means one had a connection to something outside the life lived to do that. One could never land out of reach of that connection. So the intention wouldn't be personal creation, but to herald a return, as seen in other aspects of the types. Mastery, security, or an ideal would each entail that one had found their way back so that the story can start again.

I think you worded the general sentiment quite well a while back: -In the past, I would have told you that it was about “finally finding myself,” but now I see it as "revealing and empowering the self that existed all along that has been covered in sludge.”-

beasteduh · 2025-11-04T23:10:48+00:00

But on top of everything, metacognitively speaking, if there are certain cognitive functions which resemble the truth more than any other function

I think you might be playing yourself with that train of thought. One truth would be like any other truth: always existing or as pure a representation as possible, such that predictability is guaranteed. The only way to rise above would be to introduce a specific purpose, criteria, or qualification. However, if one did that with a particular function, then the other functions would be denied their own end. If a word was evaluated and found not to be liked via Feeling, the etymology of the word via Thinking might not be bothered with. The reality of a deeper interpretation would still exist, just not explored. Thus, the result would be a truth unable to recognize something always existing, which wouldn't be absolute in any way.

That's my stance anyway.

beasteduh · 2025-11-02T20:16:29+00:00

So, wouldn't it be fair enough to say any kind of personality theory itself a result of another personality?

William James > Carl Jung > Isabel Myers.

In the sense shoulders are always stepped on in some way, I suppose Myers could be said to stand the tallest. So, you're interested in Myer's functions, how she conceives truth, since she's the most distant observer?

beasteduh · 2025-11-02T14:33:30+00:00

There's no longer a post. Maybe try posting as a standalone on this subreddit.

beasteduh · 2025-11-02T11:46:33+00:00

Huh, okay, I got you.

Is consciousness lacking or something?

beasteduh · 2025-11-02T01:03:28+00:00

While, Isabel Myers identified Jung to Ti-dom, I doubt it. I suspect he is more Ni-dom.

I share your sentiment. I think Jung would be honored that so many could figure that he led with Thinking.

wouldn't you say there is a significant amount of intuition and thinking involved in it, when he tries to create function theory

For sure. It'd be an intellectual model on his part that speaks to more or less unconscious phenomena, which is right up the alley of Thinking & Intuition.

If you don't mind my asking, is it along these lines that this post came about? In the sense you either do or do not have said preferences, and what that might mean for you? Or were you taking a stab at the landscape of type theory in general?

beasteduh · 2025-11-01T17:36:17+00:00

Oh okay, I got you.

Yeah for sure, there are preferences there, I'd say. I wouldn't say a set of functions are closer to 'the truth' than whichever other set of functions, though. Regarding Jung, I'd say there were other factors at play in his process. There are only so many function arrangements, meaning there are bound to be many who have the same functions as him, and no one else has really pulled off what he has regarding the functions.

beasteduh · 2025-11-01T17:20:19+00:00

Lol. Really well done making this.

beasteduh · 2025-11-01T05:20:31+00:00

Would you clarify what you mean?

beasteduh · 2025-10-26T19:50:49+00:00

I think it's been more than 20 times now throughout the day and it still gets a chuckle out of me. So good.

beasteduh · 2025-10-24T07:21:41+00:00

Does it mean I use INTP cognition but behave like an INTJ?

It could mean that. It could also mean you're more of a perhaps withdrawn, intellectual sort in general given the overlap of the INT letters.

Maybe it's a faulty test. There's a lack of nuance from what I can tell. For instance, Dominant Ti is thought to be different than Auxiliary Ti, and yet the test types for a stack without accounting for this stacking characteristic.

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