7. How different types may try to Resolve Conflict In previous articles we have explored: How different preferences and Types may perceive each other negatively or be misunderstood, resulting in conflict. How the Thinking-Feeling preference may influence our perception of what conflict actually is, and how we engage with it. How our stage of development…

6. The Potential for Conflict from the Perspective of Developmental Stage For those of you who know me, you will know that Developmental Stage Theory (aka Ego Development) is my pet subject.  Looking at where we are in our personal development combined with our Personality Type gives a richer picture of how we are likely…

5. The Potential for conflict between same Types Just a quick one today to dispel the idea that if we are the same Type as someone we will automatically get on well. Sometimes this is true.  I have the advantage of going to a lot of Type events where we are asked to get into…

The Potential for Conflict with our Inferior Function The Inferior Function is an interesting one.  It is the absolute opposite to our Dominant or leading Function, and therefore the opposite to how we see ourselves.  As such, we have a complicated relationship with our Inferior Function. It plays many different roles in our lives, including…

Conflict 3- Potential for conflict from our Opposing Function If we are working at the single preference level, it is all too easy to assume that those with the same functions in their Types will see eye to eye. For example, “I’m a T and you are a T, so we should be similar in…

Potential for conflict between each preference  – The Functions Today I’m going to finish exploring the potential for conflict from the four separate preference pairs by looking at the functions. The ‘functions’ are the aspects of our type that actually do the information processing. [As before, I’m not going to repeat the caveats and context…

Potential for conflict between each preference  – Judging and Perceiving Judging and Perceiving are real conflict hotspots because these preferences are externalised – they happen in the outer world, where we meet each other.  The differences will show up in the ways we work together and in our personal lives and can be a real…

Potential for conflict between each preference  – Extraversion and Introversion by Dr Angelina Bennet From the previous article on Type and Conflict, the main message was that, in many situations where there is some ill feeling, there is not an actual conflict at all; however, we may perceive a situation as hostile or inadvertently create…

7 Perspectives on Conflict Viewed through Psychological Type – 1 by Dr Angelina Bennet Looking on at current world events, both as a bystander and a psychologist, I tend to notice points of interpersonal conflict and hypothesise about what might be going on for the people involved.  What version of the truth are they seeing and…