Krayfish's Socionics Type?

Te
*1. How do you work? Why do people go to work? Are there any parameters that determine whether you can do work or not? What are they?*
I tend to work alone since working with others decreases my focus and gives me complete control and responsibility over the given task.  While the way I would work on the project/task itself would depend on what it actually is, what stays constant is that I’ll typically finish a task in one sitting rather than in bursts, since I find that this method leads to higher quality results for me.  I tend to attack more difficult and research heavy tasks first and deal with easier tasks second, and almost never check my work afterwards since I’m prone to changing everything.  People go to work to some degree due to social obligation, but also in order to waste time, to find meaning or entertainment, and so they can make money in order to sustain themselves and their family if they have any.  At my best, I can pretty much do work in any scenario, except if it involves feats of strength and perhaps working with large groups of people.  Working with others can be overwhelming and I’m that annoying person who seeks to control/lead projects.

*2. How do you determine the quality of work? How do you determine the quality of a purchase? Do you pay any attention to it?*
Again, it depends on the task, but you can determine the quality of work by what you got out of it, be it knowledge, entertainment, skill, you can see how many of the objectives were met and how well (ie. Did they just meet the goals or did they do more work than required).  Looking at how efficiently the task was completed is also helpful at times, though is something I don’t place much focus on, as long as what needed to be done is done.  With purchases, you look at the physical quality of the material and compare it to how much it costs and I suppose how useful the thing will be to you in the long run.  I pay a lot of attention to this because I hate buying things in general and don’t like to waste money if I can help it.

*3. There is a professional next to you. How do you know they are a professional? How do you evaluate their skill?*
Usually I don’t really pay much attention to this, but you can usually tell they’re a professional from the way that they hold themselves and the way that they speak about their skill.  In which context you find them can also be useful.  To evaluate skill… I suppose I would have to look at how efficiently they accomplish tasks within their specific skill range and the ease at which they do so. Which liberties they’re willing to take.

*4. If you struggle to do something, how do you fix that? Do you know if your performance is better or worse than others?*
It depends of what I’m struggling with and how much I actually care about it.  In reality, I tend to be very stubborn and like the idea of be versatile, so when I struggle on most things I’m quick to get frustrated and will fixate and study the thing until I can gain a semi-decent understanding of the skill/thing or can gain some sort of familiarity or ability in it. I have low self esteem, so I tend to be really comparative to begin with.  I’d like to say I know if my skill is better or worse than others, but I tend to rate myself pretty low on most things generally.  I’m better at gauging accurately if I am doing worse than others, but not so well if I’m doing better.


*5. How do you measure the success of a job? What standard do you use? Do you pay attention to it? When should you deviate from this standard?*
I alluded to this already, but I look at how well the objectives were met.  Standard wise, I look at the person/people and what I gauge their capabilities to be and compare that to what they accomplished.  I try to use external standards as well, such as checkpoints, how much the people involved learned, and comparisons because I’ve had some really bad experiences with people who focus on subjective judgements alone (ie. How good I think it looks, how it makes me feel I guess?).  I only pay attention to this when there is a lack of success, once things reach a certain threshold I typically don’t care unless the job was completed by me.  You deviate when the judgement process requires different things, ie. Judging the success of the creation of a painting would have to be very subjective because art is subjective, ect.


Ti
*1. What is a whole? Can you identify its parts? Are the parts equivalent to the whole?*
A whole is a combination of many small parts or a system of things that work together to act as a singular entity.  It is is complete and not lacking in any respect, though is capable of being optimized if changed.  I can identify the parts if I look at the way that the whole functions and what it accomplishes/what it’s purpose is.  Oftentimes, different techniques can be used to isolate the respective parts, as they are often asimilar or at least non-identical.  The parts are often not equivalent to the whole, because the different parts or aspects of the whole can have different functionalities when combined.

*2. What does “logical” mean? What is your understanding? Do you think that it correlates with the common view? How do you know you are being logical?*
Logical means to be driven by a reasoning system or a set of ideas which work together in a way that makes sense and can be used to derive an accurate conclusion. My understanding can be gauged by my ability to use this logic in order to predict how systems will behave or my ability to realize where the system has flaws and fix it.  I don’t think my view is too outside the norm, if at all.  I know I am being logical if the conclusions I’m deriving work within the systems in which they apply to and if I am not making decisions on whims and am looking at the whole.

*3. What is hierarchy? Give examples of hierarchies. Do you need to follow it? Why or why not?*
Explain how hierarchy is used in a system you are familiar with.
A hierarchy is a system which revolves around the perceived roles of beings within the hierarchy.  You have hierarchy in the job/business field (Manager->executive->employee),  the education sphere, and even the social sphere (cast system, wage system).  Hierarchy is useful sometimes to follow, and at other points not.  In the work field it's somewhat important, because the hierarchy sort of separates the tasks, making the work organism more efficient, and in the education field keeps people under control and working.  Still, it can sometimes be too stiff, allowing ideas and people to get crushed by the weight of those considered "above them."  A hierarchy can be useful if their is mutual respect for one another regardless of their position within the hierarchy.

*4. What is classification? How does classification work? Why is it needed and where is it applied? Give examples.*
A classification is a grouping within a larger system.  A classification takes a large group of parts and isolates the individual parts based on their intrinsic traits and functionality.  To create a classification, you look at the traits of the parts and group parts with similar or the same traits together to create a category.  This is necessary to be able to generate more accurate judgements using a system, to understand how different aspects of a system work and why they are combined together/each part is present, or to show how different parts of a system deviate from each other.  The most obvious example of this is in ecology, as we call any plant that blooms a flower.  Calling every plant that blooms a flower is useful if you want to make aesthetics or something, but that’s not useful if you want to understand or complete characterize any individual flower. Pretty much everything in life is classified.

*5. Are your ideas consistent? How do you know they are consistent? How do you spot inconsistency in others’ ideas?*
That’s debatable.  I try to keep them consistent, but they’re probably not.  I wouldn’t even be able to tell if my own ideas were inconsistent, maybe if the idea didn’t work or if it deviated to an extreme degree from my other ideas to the point where it could no longer be applied.  I can spot inconsistencies in others ideas by testing them or sometimes by just looking at the idea as a whole and figuring out what doesn’t fit.


Se
*1. Can you press people? What methods do you use? How does it happen?*
I feel stupid but I don’t think I actually understand what it means to press a person fully, probably because I’ve never actually had to press people to get what I want.  I have a pretty decent ability to deal with people in general, so on the rare occasion I want something from someone, usually just asking works.  If I actually have to push people though, I just ask excessively to wear them down or explain why I actually need something.  If I feel like I’m getting nowhere, yelling is not an uncommon reaction, but I generally try to avoid pressing people in general.


*2. How do you get what you want? What do you do if you have to work to get what you want?*
I get it myself, I really don’t enjoy working through people if I don’t have to.  I spend time working for what I want and I very rarely have problem doing so.  Sometimes I ask or try to get people to do the things that I want them to do without me having to ask.  Honestly, I’m not very direct and this tactic is pretty manipulative so again, I try to avoid that.

*3. How do you deal with opposition? What methods do you use to defend your interests?*
Mostly by ignoring the opposition, unless the opposition is really out of line or makes more sense than my own interests and is pointing out a flaw in my own judgement.  I’m a very nervous person who isn’t very invested in just about anything, so it can be somewhat difficult for me to defend my own interests.  Again, ignore opposition if you feel it’s irrelevant and there’s not a huge problem, no need to waste energy on something I can’t work with.  Of course you always keep in mind where the opposition is coming from and make sure the opposing ideas are taking into consideration.  I’m stubborn, but dislike being wrong, so most of my interests and opinions are very malleable and subject to change when quality opposition comes along.  Somewhat random, but I find other’s interests much easier to defend because it’s easier to find a reason to do so.

*4. When do you think it’s ok to occupy someone’s space? Do you recognize it?*
When they tell you that you can.  I don’t recognize it and generally don’t feel comfortable occupying other people’s space, I often feel intrusive and out of place even if it is ok for me to occupy the space.  Unless it’s specified that I can, I often won’t.


*5. Do others think you are a strong-willed person? Do you think you have a strong will?*
To be honest, I think it would depend on who you ask.  Especially recently I don’t come across as too willful to others, and most people peg me as the passive sort of person who sort of just goes with things rather than fights for what they want and gives in somewhat quickly.  Of course those who knew me for a while might say otherwise, since in the past I wasn’t so quick to give in and really wasn’t affected much by opposition or roadblocks.  I’m not really sure if I have a strong will to be honest, but I wouldn’t say I’m super malleable either in that sort of sense.

Si
*1. How do you satisfy your physical senses? What examples can you give? What physical experiences are you drawn to?*
I don’t really do much to satisfy my physical senses to be honest since I don’t really have many urges and am generally just an uncomfortable person. I guess if I had to give examples, I go and eat food sometimes from exotic restaurants sometimes and don’t do things that are too risky to keep myself feeling safe and comfortable.  I’m drawn to physical experiences that are entertaining but not overwhelming, those which sit on the line between deprivation and indulgence while never falling to either extreme (both make me quite uncomfortable).


*2. How do you find harmony with your environment? How do you build a harmonious environment? What happens if this harmony is disturbed?*
I isolate myself and find a place where I feel secure and in control.  I don’t think I actively build a harmonious environment and honesty am not sure how I would, though I keep my environment harmonious purely by avoiding those that aren’t I suppose.  If that harmony is disturbed, I try to adapt to the disturbance so I feel comfortable with things again.  If not I’m somewhat quick to voice my concerns and confront whatever is disturbing things in hope of ridding my direct environment of it.  Worst case scenario I withdraw and leave the situation

*3. What does comfort mean to you? How do you create it?*
Comfort means security.  I create comfort by isolating myself and avoiding things that I feel will be unsafe or harmful, confronting things that don’t, and distracting myself from the discomfort that I am incapable of changing.

*4. How do you express yourself in your hobbies? How do you engage yourself with those things?*
Hobbies aren’t really for expression in my case, rather for distracting myself and keeping myself active.  My only hobby that I would really consider to be expressive would probably be art/story creation, which I use primarily to dispel thoughts and ideas as well as to maintain and create focus.  I guess I express myself in hobies through emotion?  My other hobbies are sort of just there to keep me busy and be entertaining and aren’t as cathartic.  I engage myself through art/story making primarily mentally, as much of this involves daydreaming and manipulating ideas in my head, though I do add the physical aspect of coloring and drawing.


*5. Tell us how you’d design any room, house or an office. Do you do it yourself, or trust someone else to do it? Why?*
Probably somewhat minimalistically, but with lots of shelving since I’m a cluttered mess who needs lots of empty space to put stuff.  I like dark colors, but also lots of colors, so whatever house or room I design would likely have lots of saturated colors and wood sprinkled within it.  Office would be the most different I guess, probably with a window for focus maintenance and little inside the room to make sure I didn’t get distracted.  Despite the fact that I tend to be cluttered and oversaturate things with color, I’d probably do it myself because at least it would be mine and I don’t like people dealing with my own things.  My aesthetic taste isn’t awful anyhow.

Fe
*1. Is it acceptable to express emotions in public? Give examples of inappropriate expression of emotions.*
It really depends on the context of the situation.  Certain emotions shouldn’t be expressed some places, and I know for me I don’t really feel like expressing at least strong emotions anywhere unless maybe it’s concern, as that’s typically appropriate anywhere.  Even nice emotions like joy have places where they shouldn’t be expressed strongly.  I guess an example of inappropriate expression would be laughing at a funeral (though that’s more than appropriate to do in private since that’s a semi-common coping method) or crying during a mistake.


*2. How do you express your emotions? Can you tell how your expressions affect others in a positive or negative way?*
Apparently in a way that no one else seems to understand, although I’m not really robotic and, being as gregarious and energetic as I am, tend to be expressive enough to get by.  The only emotions that I almost always express outwardly are fear, because typically that’s the easiest way to resolve it, and joy, which is somewhat unconscious and makes me really excitable and somewhat bouncy.  I try to express irritation and anger outwards too, but I don’t do so in a way that really gives others a hint to how bothered I actually am.  I can sort of tell if my expression of emotion affects others, specifically my expression of joy but purely because it is often pointed out by others when it effects them positively (ie. after receiving gifts and stuff) or negatively (when I am excessively joyful).  It’s a lot easier when people verbalize these things to me though, I’m not really a mind reader, though I’m not excessively blind to these things either.


*3. Are you able to change your demeanor in order to interact with your environment in a more or less suitable way? How do you determine what is suitable?*
Yes and no, and when I do it’s not something I do consciously.  I find that my demeanor often changes depending on who I’m with or where I am, though I’m pretty sure this has more to do with my social anxiety than my actual personality.  In setting where emotional expression is encouraged and when I am comfortable, I come across very loud in personality and can be very gregarious and assertive.  When it is not, I’m often more constrained and excessively formal and polite unless the situation specifically requires someone to be personable and assertive, which I can and will be, though not comfortably.  While a lot of this sounds pretty much like an adaptable demeanor, I find it really difficult to transition between the two, and have accidentally cursed around teachers and such and occasionally am too energized by others.  I tell what is suitable by looking at the context of a situation and environment.  I usually go in the direction that makes me feel more comfortable.


*4. In what situations do you feel others’ feelings? Can you give examples of when you wanted to improve the mood of others?*
I don’t really feel people's feelings as my own unless it’s extreme feelings of sadness or anxiety (and I guess on occasion joy). I find that I don’t actively try to connect with others and have a really easy time separating from my own feelings, other people’s feelings don’t really affect me often outside of empathy. Unrelated, but this doesn’t seem to be a hindrance to my ability to empathise or work through other’s emotions, as I work really hard to try to understand how they’re feeling and why and, while it’s not typically visible to others without my verbalizing what I’m thinking, I usually do a decent job understanding them and helping people work through them. I have a crap ton of practice anyhow.  I often try to improve people’s mood, mostly through listening to people and providing solutions to their problems or just sympathising.  With people’s anxiety, sometimes I try to distract them or provide security through strength and clarification of the situation which usually works pretty well.


*5. How do others’ emotions affect you? How does your internal emotional state correlate or contrast with what you express?*
Similarly to above, they don’t unless they are extreme.  I have a talent for disconnecting from my environment to the point where it no longer exists and can do the same with people and their feelings if I so choose.  Other people's emotions can cause me to feel bad for them and stuff, but not much more than that outside of extremes.  My internal emotional state is often more chaotic than what I express since I try to be a controlled person most of the time and feel uncomfortable expressing my emotions around others unless they are positive ones and expression is encouraged.  Typically, the only emotion I really overexpress (outside of anxiety because of reasons outside of my personality) is joy, as I feel that I have to force myself to enjoy and connect to things most of the time, but outside of that most other emotions are not expressed publicly and minimally privately.


Fi
*1. How can you tell how much emotional space there is between yourself and others? How can you affect this space?*
By keeping everyone at the same distance emotionally?  Outside of that I’m usually at a loss, and I look for others to tell me and affirm me of where I lie.  I can widen this space by lessening interaction with people, but I have no clue how to make the space less and I would kill for someone to tell me.

*2. How do you determine how much you like or dislike someone else? How does this affect your relationships?*
To be honest I don’t really pay much attention because I basically feel the same about most people.  I guess I can judge like by how much time I’m willing and able to spend around them without becoming exhausted or even how much energy they provide me with.  I can only tell when I really or dislike a person, because if I really like a person I’ll be willing to actually share things about myself with them and if I really dislike a person I can judge by how tense/defensive I feel around them.  People are really quick to pick up on the fact that I pretty much feel the same about most people, and this usually keeps my connections somewhat weak unless I really go out of my way to maintain contact or create intimacy, which I often don’t.


*3. How do you move from a distant relationship to a close one? What are the distinguishing characteristics of a close relationship?*
God I wish I knew, maybe by sharing your feelings?  I’d suppose it just happens eventually overtime.  In a close relationship, both people in the party are mutually beneficial to each other and help each other learn.  They’re comfortable talking about their feelings and bouncing ideas off the other person.  Both are willing to listen to each other even when what the other person is saying is not interesting.


*4. How do you know that you are a moral person? where do you draw your morality from? Do you believe others should share your beliefs on what’s moral? Why?*
I suppose I am moral because I am not actively causing harm to anything that I know of currently?  Of course, we all draw our morality/values to some degree from our culture, environment, and from the ones we hold dear. There is, of course, also a subjective interpretation of what we feel is right or wrong based on the experiences we’ve been given.  I don’t think others would have a problem with what I find moral or not for the most part, others are likely to share at least some of my morality.

*5. Someone you care about is acting distant to you. How do you know when this attitude is a reflection of your relationship?*
Again, I likely don’t unless they flat out tell me the problem.  I try to actively communicate to experiment, to see if they try to avoid me.  Most of the time I just assume it’s a reflection of my behavior at least.



Ne
*1. How can you tell someone has the potential to be a successful person? What qualities make a successful person and why?*
Everyone has the potential to be a successful person in some form or another.  You look at their talents and skill set to see in which areas they would be successful.  It’s usually pretty obvious if you’re willing to work.  Usually, motivated, patient, hardworking,adaptable, creative, and “people oriented” people are what stereotypically is viewed to make a person successful.  This is because success is usually linked to the sphere of business in pop culture for some reason.

*2. Where would you start when looking for a new hobby? How do you find new opportunities and how do you choose which would be best?*
I sort of just look at what interests me at the moment and what I am good at/would like to be good at and what materials I have to pursue the hobby.  Then I try a bunch of things out until I find something that actually sticks.  Usually I don’t actively look for new opportunities, they sort of just happen/pop up, and I choose which ones to pursue based on the goals I have for the future and which ones I actually have the skillset to pursue.

*3. How do you interpret the following statement: “Ideas don’t need to be feasible in order to be worthwhile.” Do you agree or disagree, and why?*
I feel neutrally about this.  Ideas are really nice to have, and having them is worthwhile if they give you joy.  In a sense, even if they’re not feasible now, they can become feasible later in time, which can make them worthwhile for the purpose of planning. Still… Blind idealism really doesn’t get anything done unless there is some feasible way to realize the idea.  I’ve watched this sort of idealism hurt a lot of people in the past.

*4. Describe your thought process when relating the following ideas: swimming, chicken, sciences. Do you think that others would draw the same or different connections?*
Well, immediately I imagined a chicken in a swimming pool with glasses and a lab coat.  Then I thought about the science of a swimming chicken… Can chickens actually swim?  They don’t have webbed feet like water fowl so I don’t know how they’d get anywhere, but neither do dogs and they can swim so that really doesn’t narrow it down.  I would imagine that a chicken would float for a while, but then the feathers would eventually weigh them down… I think? (Looked Answer up)  Ah, I suppose experience says that I was right, chickens can not swim.  I’m sure other people could make the same connections, mine don’t seem too far off the beaten path.

*5. How would you summarize the qualities that are essential to who you are? What kind of potential in you has yet to be actualized and why?*
Yikes this is a scary question, what qualities are essentially me.  I definitely have the potential to maybe be a successful person and to reach the goals that I’ve been trying to reach for years now.  I am ok at music, art, and problem solving, I have a lot of self control, I think I’m fairly intelligent (I have an IQ over -5)...  What is essentially me though?

Ni
*1. How do people change? Can you describe how various events change people? Can others see those changes?*
People are always changing and learning and growing with every new experience, person, or object they encounter.  Going to school can give people untold amounts of knowledge and change them so they are capable of accomplishing things they couldn’t once before.  Abuse can make people fearful and untrusting of society, even if they were an optimist before.  Sometimes you can see the changes if you are paying attention, especially if you’ve known someone for a long time it can be very obvious.

*2. How do you feel and experience time? Can time be wasted? How?*
Time to me is something that passes above me.  If I’m enjoying myself, time is flying around me but lasting an eternity.  If I’m suffering, I can feel every tick of the clock as each agonizing second passes.  I guess my time experience relates back to my feelings (which is something I didn’t realize till I wrote it down).  The idea that time can be wasted is completely subjective and a human made concept, but to be honest I believe so anyways.  If I am doing nothing and just enjoying myself/indulging without a purpose, not working towards something, I consider time wasted.

*3. Is there anything that cannot be described with words? What is it? If so, how can we understand what it is if language does not work?*
Of course, there are so many things that cannot be described in words, such as the colors we see the world that we interpret, the feelings that we feel.  I can say that I see red, but what does red mean?  Light with 650 nm wavelength?  Scientific, but not describing what “red” actually is to you or to others.  I can say I am sad and I can cry or I can jump about and say that I am feeling joy about it, but you may never feel the pain that I feel nor the energy that I feel.  Can you ensure that anything can be understood even if language exists?

*4. How do you anticipate events unfolding? How can you observe such unfoldments in your environment?*
As long as you have a decent grasp over cause and effect you can anticipate events, and I’ve always considered it a talent of mine.  You looking at the different possibilities a situation can unfold, and then just pick the one (or ones) that make the most sense contextually.  Find it really easy to gauge reactions, societal directions when I’m paying attention, ect.  I observe them passively, occasionally manipulating the way things unfold in ways that are more useful for myself and others.  It’s pretty easy to do if you know the possible ways that things can move.

* 5. In what situations is timing important? How do you know the time is right to act? How do you feel about waiting for the right moment?*
Most situations?  When crossing the street timing is important, when telling someone you love them timing is important, when enacting a plan timing is often important.  Of course you come across situations where a result is inevitable, so there timing isn’t important, but sometimes even in those events if you act with correct timing you can often minimize or maximize the effects of a process.  You know when it is time to act when you see the cues for action emerge or when you “feel” the time is right.  I’m very patient, but since I’m unassertive I often miss the opportunity to act.