Se - function of individual competitive advantage (analysis of Talanov's questionnaires statistics)

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Definition:

Se, “power sensorics” is a function of the living, responsible for the extraction of the best material resources necessary for survival and reproduction (sensory), in conditions of their limitation and competition for them from many subjects (decisive environment). Like Ne, Se is engaged in the implementation of the interests inherent in the subject (statics) in the external world (extroversion), and like Ne, avoids any social control, striving for what is desired at the moment (irrationality). In all other respects, Se and Ne are antagonistic to each other. Ne is looking for new ecological niches, while Se is fighting for dominance in old ones. Ne erases boundaries, and Se strengthens them from the inside and pushes them out. Ne broadens the search to find more different things, and Se narrows it to focus on the most obvious.
On the genetic substrate, Ne creates a behavior-modifying superstructure in the form of a language transmitted through learning, while Se reduces all meanings to basic instincts, ultimately genetically determined. As a result, Ne creates excess diversity wherever it predominates, and Se generates competition in which a narrow range of biological forms best adapted to current conditions survive.

The actual sensory nature of Se is manifested primarily in its close connection with muscle tone and reaction, which allows one to quickly and accurately interact with objects in the external world. That is, to put it simply, Se works when we try to quickly grab something, hit it with precision, or move it sharply. The accuracy of coordination of movements is what brings Se and Si together. The difference between them, firstly, is that Se is more responsible for fast and sharp (rather than slow and gentle) movements, and secondly, Se is more concentrated on interaction with external objects (rather than on coordinating the movements of the body itself for safe movement in the surrounding space - the latter is closer to the function Si).

As an extroverted function, Se is more than others responsible for self-confidence, including and especially in situations of interpersonal interaction. Increases Se and general energy potential of the individual. However, Si, Ne and Ni reduce this potential, so here it is more accurate to say that this energy of Se is fully manifested against a rational background, that is, for those who have Se in the position of the 8 function - and therefore, this property is not may represent the central sense of Se.

The irrationality of Se is most manifested in the tendency to take unjustified risks against the background of general self-confidence. However, if we consider Se in the totality of its properties, then among the irrational functions it least tends toward irrationality - which is especially evident in the contrast with the hyper-irrational Ne. Why is that? Apparently, this is due to the fact that Se, focusing on the already existing world, strives to possess its benefits; to complete possession, it is necessary to retain these benefits, and this requires rational planning. Therefore, the actual irrational essence of Se manifests itself in a rather narrow range of situations - when it comes to raids and robbery. However, as soon as Se needs to keep the loot, it cooperates with any of the rational functions - either with Ti (covering the thirst for profit with state laws) or, less often, with Fi (forming the image of the robber as a respected person in his environment).

In combination with Te, Se reduces any fears, doubts, suppresses feelings of guilt - everything so that the subject is not constrained in his actions and thus has an advantage in natural selection - that is, where the conditions of selection are set by objective criteria of the external environment. The combination of Se with Fe fully manifests itself in a situation of sexual selection - radically increasing both the sexual desire of the subject himself and his sexual attractiveness to potential partners.

However, the most fundamental differences in the nature of Se activity are introduced not by rational, but by questim-declatim functions. It turns out that the most odious manifestations of the power dominance of Se are characteristic only when it is combined with aristocratic functions, which is the case in the 2nd quadra.
The combination Se + Qe is responsible for offensive aggression and thirst for power, while Se + Di manifests itself in situations of forceful dominance and military subordination, clearing the social space of “weaklings”.
Against the democratic background of the 3rd quadra, Se is realized more in terms of individual persistence and demands for protecting one’s rights.
The combination of Se + Qi gives rise to stubbornness in pushing through one’s opinion - this is exactly the case when a loner rushes against the system, confident in his right to break it.
Se+De realizes itself more in situations of competitive struggle between equal subjects, having the advantage of being especially omnivorous in the choice of means on the way to the goal and the weakness of the self-preservation instinct.

And as a final question. Why are the descriptions of Se so different in MBTI and in socionics? Why, when talking about Se, many people primarily have forceful dominance, while others look at them blankly and answer that Se is more about hedonism?

Everything is very simple. Se, like any other function, combines the properties of the main and value attribute. In this case - sensorics and decisiveness, respectively. However, the contribution of these two traits in a particular person (and in a particular personality trait) can vary greatly. If the contribution of sensorics dominates, then after Se, Si also intensifies, and as a result we have a person whose main life goal is to get everything he wants from this world, more and faster; receiving for the sake of subsequent consumption - that is, a kind of extroverted hedonism, however, not alien to conflict - if there are other hunters for what is desired.
However, if the contribution of decisiveness dominates, then after Se, Ni also increases, and as a result we get a psychopathic personality, the main property of which is to derive pleasure directly from the conflicts that he himself incites through his actions. This pleasure has a dual nature, which combines the sadistic inclinations inherent in Se and the masochistic inclinations of Ni. It is precisely such subjects, in which Se+Ni are combined with a certain predominance of Se, that always and everywhere form the basis of the criminal world, and it is from among them that future tyrants and executioners of their peoples make their way up in the totalitarian hierarchies (in the latter case, a contribution is also required Qe+Di).

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Main personality traits associated with the Se function (in order of the correlation with the profile of “pure Se”)
Here and further the number after the property indicates the correlation of the property with the socionic profile of this cluster as a whole.

1 Desire for possession

• If I like someone or something, I must have it 0.96
• My desires are sometimes so strong that I don’t like to wait, I prefer to achieve everything directly and at once, one way or another, at any cost. 0.92
• One way or another, but I know how to get other people to do what I need 0.89
• I am a person with a strong and unencumbered by doubts sexuality. 0.89
• When speaking, I have the habit of looking directly into a person’s eyes 0.88
• Everything biological and directly instinctive in me is very inhibited, it very rarely breaks out -0.92

2 Accuracy of fast physical reaction

• I can instantly grab a falling or thrown object. 0.94
• I can drive a car well 0.82
• In my excitement, my hands seem to become useless and even begin to get in the way - I can accidentally touch something with my hand or drop it. -0.93
• Sometimes I become so focused on my thoughts that I wander off into the wrong street, absentmindedly. -0.93
• I miss steps on stairs if I don’t see them, and I also have a very bad time hitting the computer keys “blindly”. -0.91
• When choosing clothes, I need advice and help. -0.86
• While writing, my hand sometimes trembles. -0.7

3 Offensive aggression

• I like to act with aggression, force and threat 0.96
• I have aggressive-impulsive traits 0.92
• I have the ability to search and find enemies for myself, and then punish them 0.9

4 Able to firmly defend his interests

• I am always stubborn and persistent in my demands 0.93
• I am always straightforward and harsh with those who violate discipline, I am good at arranging “verbal reprimands” 0.93
• I know how to demand my own and push my opponents aside 0.9
• I can, if necessary, be cruel and unceremonious 0.9
• I know how to say NO - both to others and to myself. My volitional brakes are well developed. 0.89
• I know how to demand respect for myself, to be and appear significant, to always behave with the required respectability 0.87
• I know how to sharply defend my interests when they try to deprive me of something 0.87
• I am often viscous and persistent in communication - I definitely need to “dot all the i’s” 0.81
• It’s hard for me to refuse a person’s request and it’s hard for me to get a subordinate to do his job properly -0.92
• I have such a character that I often need guidance, as well as moral, physical and material support from -0.88

5 Exacerbates contradictions by pushing one’s opinion

• In a dispute I continue to stand my ground simply out of principle, even if I see that I am wrong, and I never compromise 0.86
• The solutions I propose are usually radical and stubborn 0.78
• Often, out of inertia, I stubbornly continue to argue even when I already realized that I was wrong and made a mistake 0.89
• I always speak carefully, without imposing opinions, so as not to come into conflict with the interlocutor in any way -0.93
• I am a supporter of moderate rather than radical decisions -0.92
• I am always committed to extremely polite communication, without rudeness or pushing -0.91
• As a child I was an obedient and flexible child -0.82

6 Receives [sadomasochistic] pleasure from conflicts

• Sometimes I like to see other people’s fear 0.95
• Sometimes I deliberately offend people, provoking them into retaliatory aggression 0.91
• I’ll go to the goal and over the heads of others 0.91
• I love rough, “sadistic” jokes 0.90
• It happens that you crap on someone else and your mood rises 0.86
• Compared to others, I am a very peaceful person, averse to even thoughts of violence -0.97
• A loud emotional scandal almost always immediately unsettles me -0.87

7 Only understands the language of power

• A victorious war is better than a bad peace 0.97
• I hate weaklings 0.95
• I think that the problem with modern world politics is the dominance of soft-hearted and indecisive people who are only capable of half measures 0.94
• the enemy will obey only if I instill fear in him 0.93
• If I don’t have subordinates, I feel uncomfortable, “out of place” 0.92
• I would like the work of a judge 0.89
• I find it very difficult to exert strong-willed pressure on people or to persuade someone to do something -0.92
• I feel extremely uncomfortable in company if I sense someone’s negative attitude towards me -0.89
• I have many “childish” interests: I still read many children’s books and fairy tales with pleasure if I come across them -0.81

8 Not afraid of pain (and everything that could potentially cause it)

• I like (or would like) to amuse myself for a long time with shooting for accuracy in competition with myself - shooting at a target with an air rifle, a bow, or just throwing dart arrows at a target for a long time 0.86
• I would like to do sport climbing 0.77
• I’m afraid of pain more than others -0.89
• It’s unpleasant for me to watch another person wince in pain - I immediately begin to feel something similar to his torment -0.84
• I always tense up in anticipation of some painful sensation -0.82
• Avoiding pain is usually more important to me than experiencing pleasure -0.8

9 Does not doubt the decisions made

• Others probably doubt it, but I rarely doubt anything 0.95
• I am often tormented by doubts about the correctness of my decisions and actions -0.97
• I often feel like a victim of circumstances and feel unable to change anything -0.95
• Sometimes I hesitate for a long time in choosing a solution -0.87

10 Self-confidence

• My self-confidence allows me to win in seemingly hopeless situations. 0.96
• I often have the feeling that everything is under my control and I can do anything. 0.93
• I spend a lot of time making decisions. -0.95
• Under time pressure and nervous tension, I sometimes get lost and even begin to feel distracted and drowsy. -0.94

11 Uninhibited in communication

• When speaking in front of people, I always speak loudly 0.97
• It is important for me to be the center of attention so that all eyes and ears are focused on me. 0.92
• It’s true that I don’t “go into my pocket” for words [responds quickly, especially in conflict situations] 0.89
• I usually have a little “stiff”[“constrained”] movements -0.94
• I have a rather soft, slightly limp and cautious handshake. -0.93
• In photographs I often end up with a kind of embarrassed-smiling or scared-smiling look -0.93

12 Affirmative, persuasive manner of speech

• At the end of my verbal remarks there is always a solid bold dot or an exclamation point 0.95
• The intonation of my voice is almost always firm, as if stating something long known 0.87
• I have smooth speech, without the need for pauses to select words, and when formulating thoughts out loud, I never “e-e-e-” between words 0.86

13 Selfishness, thieves’ values, lack of shame and guilt

• Everyone in this life should think and take care of themselves first of all, without fear of infringing on others - after all, it’s not for nothing that the world is based on competition 0.94
• Even when I act badly, embarrassment, shame or guilt are clearly not my feelings 0.94
• For the sake of your family, you can take something from someone else’s family 0.93
• Exploiting fools and weaklings is normal and natural 0.92
• In childhood fights he often tried to immediately hit his opponents in the stomach and genitals 0.91
• Sometimes I can take someone else’s if I really want something 0.9
• In general, I rather respect those who can steal without getting caught 0.83
• Facts are needed only as arguments to achieve a goal, and if necessary, they can be slightly manipulated 0.77
• I am haunted by a feeling of guilt for some of my actions -0.93
• When making decisions, I always involuntarily think whether they will harm the interests of humanity, society and other people -0.9
• I am often hindered by my lingering feelings of guilt -0.79

14 Worries and fears are not typical

there are no questions with “yes” answers, questions with “no” answers are below

• I am often characterized by timidity, which manifests itself in a sudden feeling of threat from the outside and the desire to immediately freeze in place -0.96
• Sometimes I have a sudden fear that I haven’t collected my thoughts yet and might say or do something wrong -0.94
• I often get complex because of words spoken by someone - I turn them around inside myself this way and that, like, what did he or she mean? -0.94
• I worry all the time -0.91
• Sometimes I worry so much that it becomes difficult to breathe -0.91
• I often lack faith in my abilities -0.9
• I always feel painfully if, judging by the reactions of others, I do something wrong in public -0.89
• I have panic attacks (at least once a month or more often) -0.89
• I have very vivid experiences of past events almost every day, including sudden, involuntary and emotionally intense memories from early childhood -0.88
• In emergency situations I usually feel scared and uneasy -0.87
• In various situations I often have an obsessive feeling of some kind of loss -0.85
• I often find it very difficult to collect my thoughts due to excitement -0.74

15 Enough energy for action

there are no questions with “yes” answers, questions with “no” answers are below

• I often feel phlegmatic and need a “nudge” from the outside. -0.95
• My favorite roles are the observer of fleetingness, the wanderer on the river of events. -0.95
• I’m usually relaxed and uncollected, I find it difficult to carry out intense business activities, if at the same time I need to be active and dynamic for a long time -0.93
• I usually have a slow pace of movements - and it’s not just lazy for me to move quickly or turn somewhere sharply, but simply physically difficult. -0.88

16 Tends to take risks, neglecting “safety nets”

• I believe in my ability to get out of any situation 0.95
• As a rule, I take a long time and nervously to prepare for any trip -0.94
• Compared to others, I always try to avoid risky and dangerous situations -0.88
• I have a habit of double-checking myself many times. -0.84
• I often think about possible troubles -0.83

17 Able to live among enemies (type of crime boss)

• I always know who in the collective is my enemy and who is not 0.93
• I think I could hold out for 15 years as a criminal authority looking after the city 0.9

18 Bad, unkind attitude towards people

• In conversations I probe my interlocutor more for contradictions and disagreement with me than for agreement and coincidence of views 0.94
• A lot of people deserve to be treated like crap 0.93
• Sweeping up someone’s trash is always humiliating 0.85
• If we divide all people into two large groups - the first of the more evil and suspicious and the second of the more good-natured and contented, satisfied with life, then I belong rather to the second group, the good-natured group -0.97

What are the numbers for?
Where functions are given, the numbers are arbitrary and indicate the relative contribution of the function to the property. For example, in the first row we see that “thirst for possession” is most strongly increased by Se (11, the largest number in a row), but also increased by Fe (4) and, maybe, De (2), while functions with negative numbers - Ne (-7), Ti (-4) and Qe (-3), on the contrary, weaken this quality.

The numbers in the type columns literally mean the deviation in % of the proportion of holders of this property above average among people of this type from the proportion of holders of this property in the population as a whole. For example, row 10: the highest (29) self-confidence is found in SEE and LIE, the lowest in EII (-28). Adding the average, we find that increased self-confidence is characteristic of 49 + 29 = 78% of representatives of SEE and LIE, but only 49 - 28 = 21% of EII.

The numbers in the feature columns show which feature has the strongest effect on a given property. For example, for the property “accuracy of quick reactions” (line 2) it is clear that the largest number by modulus (-0.83) is in the column of intuition, where the minus means the predominance of the sensory pole - as the opposite of what is indicated in the heading (positive values, by tradition, usually have those poles of features that the ILE type has - in principle, this does not affect anything, it was just agreed upon one day). That is, here we see that sensory is mainly responsible for “accuracy of quick reactions”. But strong “thirst for possession” is composed equally of the influence of several features - sensory (-0.56), extroversion (0.55), decisiveness (-0.44), ethics (-0.25).