Claims and Acknowledgements

There is a lot of different content out there about function theory and personality frameworks that use it. What am I claiming and what am I not claiming?

Assertions

• An Individual's personality type is defined by which functions they have in which order.

• The functions give us insight into what information that individual is most likely to prioritize and understand well.

• Functions can be thought of as processes that define areas of aptitude and areas of deficit.

Acknowledgements

• There is quite a lot of variability in interests and general view points that are not solely decided by functions.

• Functions do NOT predict specific life choices or opinions/reactions to specific events and/or topics.

• Functions do NOT influence Big 5 Traits. Big 5 traits are their own system and produce unique behavior in functions. For example, a Neurotic Si dom looks much different than a non-neurotic Si dom. The point being not all Ne doms are high in openness and not all Si doms are high in conscientiousness.

• Functions do NOT determine a persons hobbies or interests. They merely color that hobby or interest. Both an Ni dom and a Te dom can be equally interested in history. What they take away from and pursue in regards to the hobby will be different.