What Are Carl Jung’s Cognitive Functions And Why Are They So Exciting?

1. What Are Carl Jung’s Cognitive Functions And Why Are They SoExciting? Our personalities create our personal realities, and our personalities are a product of our unique beliefs and cognitive functions. Our cognitive functions are our ways of perceiving and judging our internal and externalworlds. One of the most influential psychoanalysts of our time, Carl Jung, spent a great deal of his life trying to understand our unique cognitive functions and how they shape our personalities. In this article, we are excited to present to you Carl Jung’s Theory of Cognitive Functions, the role each function plays in our perception of the world, and how exciting that is for our personalevolution. What is Carl Jung’s Theory of CognitiveFunctions? Carl Jung boiled down our cognitive processesinto two main basic functions: perceiving (taking in new information) and judging (making decisions based off of thatinformation). However, it became evident that even with these two basic functions, there were still 4 completely different ways of perceiving and 4 completely different ways of judging. Collectively, these 8 varying processes are known as Carl Jung’s 8 CognitiveFunctions.

2. Every person has certain strengths and weaknesses — how these strengths and weakness are oriented within your cognitive functions can define your personalitytype. The Jung Typology Testanalyses your personal orientation of these cognitive processes and shows which of the 16 personality typesyou most alignwith. Before we dive into the cognitive functions, it’s important to have a good understanding of the difference between the two opposing “attitudes” that affect them: extraversion andintroversion. “Theshoethatfitsonepersonpinchesanother;thereisnorecipeforlivingthatsuitsallcases.” — Carl Jung Extraversion “Extraverted” means happening external to your mind. An extraverted person is generally more oriented to the external world — all of the people, places, and experiences that happen in the real, physical world outside of themselves. Introversion “Introverted” means happening inside your mind. An introverted person is generally much more oriented with their internal world — all of the feelings, thoughts, and ideas that transcend space and time within theirminds.

3. Perceiving Functions Extraverted Sensing(Se) This type of perception happens when you are using your 5 senses to take in information from the physical world. Introverted Sensing(Si) Introverted sensing happens when you remember and reflect upon an experience or sensation you’ve previously experienced. For example, when you think about how the weather was last week, or reminisce about the beautiful song a bird sang on your walkyesterday. Extraverted Intuiting (Ne) Extraverted intuiting happens when you are able to quickly brainstorm to see possible futures and make connections between people and events in the realworld. Introverted Intuiting (Ni) Introverted intuiting happens you are able to unconsciously download insights that seem to come from nowhere. This tends to happen to people a lot when they are in the shower and have those brilliant “aha” moments. JudgingFunctions Extraverted Thinking (Te) Extraverted thinking happens when you make decisions about the world via objective facts and inductive reasoning. Introverted Thinking(Ti) Introverted thinking happens when you reflect on ideas, data, and theories that exist within your mind. This type of thinking is much more subjective and involves deductivereasoning. Extraverted Feeling (Fe) Extraverted feeling happens when you make decisions based on a more global value system than a personalone. Introverted Feeling(Fi) Introverted feeling happens when you make decisions based on your own personalvalues.

4. Are these functions affected by the structure of thebrain? Do these different cognitive functions have anything to do with a person’s unique brain structure? As in, are we limited to the confines of our innate brainstructure? No. In fact, we aren’t limited at all. This is the most exciting part — it’s all a matter of each person’s unique preference of perceiving. Turns out, these different cognitive functions are only able to be measured by the presence of certain neurochemicals. Neurochemicals are produced by our thoughts and beliefs systems, which we can change. Why is this so exciting to our personalevolution? This means that you can change your cognitive functions and personality as you change throughout your life, regardless of the structure of the brain. You are not ever stuck with one personality — you get to constantly change shape and color and form as youdesire. Your personality creates your personal reality — and you create your personality based on the thoughts you choose to think and the person you desire to become. Whether you choose to look more outside of yourself or inside yourself, be the Thinker or the Doer, the Commander or the Nurturer, the Visionary or the Composer… You are limitlessandever-changing. We hope you share in this excitement with us and have fun playing with life’s endless possibilities.