Chapter 9
The Problem of the Digital Coding of the TIM, Geometric Configurations in Socionics, Symbolic Spaces and the Possibilities of Their Metrization
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CONFIGURATIONS IN SOCIONICS
One of the modes of working with socionic symbols, encountered in the arsenal of many socionists, consists in the fact that the symbols are, in one way or another, laid out on a plane or placed into three-dimensional space. In doing so a certain configuration is formed, which its author fills with some content and tries somehow to make sense of, on the basis of intuitive insight.
In the given text we shall call a configuration a spatial representation of the structure of the socion, based on one or another supposition, assumption, or discernment concerning how the TIMs are located relative to one another. Such a definition, in its meaning, is very close to the concept of configuration used in geometry — as, for example, the configurations of Desargues and Pascal, composed of points and lines in such a way that among all the elements of the configuration a law-governed connection is established.
The three operational terms — SUPPOSITION, ASSUMPTION, and DISCERNMENT — used for the description of the source of the obtaining of configurations, reflect the different methodological positions of their authors. SUPPOSITION is naturally connected with HYPOTHESIS; ASSUMPTION — with THOUGHT EXPERIMENT; and DISCERNMENT — with INTUITIVE penetration into the nature of the object. All these three categories are closely connected with one another, and all three require proof, or a more or less unfolded grounding.
It is obvious that not one of these mental operators gives reliable knowledge about the structure of the socion, and in the best case what can be at issue is only the plausibility or the pragmatic usefulness of a configuration — which, unconditionally, stands in need of further argumentation.
It is obvious that the space of the TIMs, in whatever form it may be represented, is discrete, since, from the point of view of psychological quality, no suppositions whatsoever have been made about a continuous transition from one TIM to another. However, if one supposes that such a transition is possible, and that between two types one can locate a continual — and, that means, infinite — multitude of analogous psychological structures, then we shall be dealing with a continuous, though possibly bounded, parametric space of TIMs. Let us for now leave aside such a rather extravagant possibility, and let us proceed from the discreteness of the set of TIMs.
Apparently, the very first configuration in socionics can be considered Aušra’s half-stroke cube, presented in the work The Theory of Reinin’s Traits (fig. 9.01). On the vertices of this cube are located the symbols of the IA, in such a way that on the edges of the upper and lower face there are located two aspects each, whose aggregate can be regarded, above all, as the EGO block, and then also as any other block of any of the socionic TIMs. In essence, this configuration can be regarded as the superimposed Model “A” of all TIMs at once — although Aušra uses this configuration in order to emphasize the presence of a common informational source in duals. She writes: “From the half-stroke cube it is evident that duals feed from one source of information — one face of the cube — a definite kind of informational fuel” [1].
Fig. 9.01. The half-stroke cube, representing a three-dimensional projection of the model of the psyche (vertices: I, l, S, e on the upper face; i, L, s, E on the lower).
Thus, Aušra uses a geometric configuration in the capacity of a graphic image giving her the possibility of visualizing, localizing, and designating the sources of information intuitively perceived by her — whatever may, in the end, be hidden behind this.
Independently of this, beginning in 1987, in my lecture course on socionics, out of mnemonic considerations, I proposed the “Square configuration of the socion,” in which I arranged the quadras along the sides of a square (fig. 9.02). The introduction of this configuration played its heuristic role in the understanding of the structure of the socion, and gave the possibility not only of directly refining the order of the TIMs in the fourth quadra — which, as it turned out, was incorrectly presented in the Lyashkyavichus table, where the dyad Ls–eI was located before the dyad Ie–sL — but also of visualizing the internal peculiarities of the structure of the socion. Above all, it was now presented as a closed-ring, and not a linearly unfolded, structure. This changes at the root the notion of the socion as a formation having a preferential linear orientation, singled out by the designation of the quadras with the Greek letters alpha, beta, gamma, delta. It comes out that conditionally introduced designations can, by virtue of the presence in them of a primary semantics, impose a distorted notion of the object. After the notion of the ring character of the structure of the socion had been established, it became clear that in it cyclic processes are possible, which can unfold in both directions. One can speak of the existence, in each quadra, of a specificity that cannot be reduced to the peculiarities of the other quadras and that, in the static sense, possesses absolute value, while in the dynamic sense it leads to a cyclic change of accent in the functioning of the socion and in its social projections. The last peculiarity of the socionic substructure of the socium, in particular, is expressed in the Bukalov–Gulenko law of the changeability of the quadras, whose idea was first formulated by Aušra Augustinavičiūtė at least as early as 1987, at the seminar in Zapyškis.
Fig. 9.02. The square configuration, or Churyumov square. General view — the sixteen TIMs arranged around the perimeter of a square, quadra by quadra: top side Il, sE, Es, lI; right side (descending) Ei, lS, Sl, iE; bottom side (right to left) Li, eS, Se, iL; left side (ascending) eI, Ls, sL, Ie.
Figs. 9.03a, 9.03b, 9.04, 9.05. The same square with the schemes of the superego relations (9.03a), of quasi-identity (9.03b), of conflict (9.04), and the rings of control (9.05) drawn as chords across the configuration.
One can also imagine that from each quadra there simultaneously issue their value flows of influence, part of which move in the forward, and another part in the reverse, direction — as, for example, occurs in the rings of order and control.
The square “Ch” represents one of the possible flat projections of the structure of the socion and can be regarded as one of the possible models of the socion. Such a model graphically demonstrates the internal symmetry of the socion. In it, opposite each other are located the TIMs standing in the relation of full opposition — which is entirely natural from the point of view of symmetry; and it is natural that an uncoordinated moving of one or several elements would at once lead to the violation of this symmetry.
In the quadras located one on each side, adjacently, by the scheme aabb (adjacent arrangement), the duals are located. The activators are located by the scheme abab (alternation), and the mirror partners by the scheme abba (envelopment).
It is easy to trace the schemes of the other relations as well. Separate examples of such schemes are shown in figs. 9.03, 9.04, 9.05.
Anyone who wishes can, when necessary, without difficulty build the schemes for all the other relations — which can serve as a not-bad mnemonic support for the easy memorization of the Lyashkyavichus table. However, one should turn attention to the fact that not for all relations does the scheme come out so symmetric — which is entirely natural, since part of the relations are asymmetric; but this in no way lowers the mnemonic effect connected with the arrangement of the TIMs in this way. Let us adduce one more example of the arrangement of the rings of order and control. Here, with solid lines, the right ring of control is singled out. With dotted lines is shown the left ring of control, symmetric to it relative to the right diagonal of the configuration. It is not difficult to obtain also such a projection of the socion (and, correspondingly, of its model) on which the schemes of the relations of control and order will be depicted fully symmetrically — as this looks in the following cross-shaped configurations (figs. 9.06a and b).
Fig. 9.06a. The Churyumov cross-1. Scheme of the order relations — the sixteen TIMs arranged on four rays of a cross (vertical ray downward from the top: Il, sE, Es, lI, then below the center eS, Li, iL, Se; horizontal ray: Ls, eI, Ie, sL to the left of center, iE, Sl, lS, Ei to the right), with the order relations drawn as concentric arcs.
Fig. 9.06b. The Churyumov cross-2. Scheme of the control relations — the same cross with the horizontal ray reordered (eI, Ls, sL, Ie | Sl, iE, Ei, lS), the control relations forming the concentric arcs.
Considering the cross configuration in fig. 9.06a, one can make the supposition that the “correct” arrangement of the types in the quadras must correspond to their arrangement on the rays of the cross from the periphery to the center. Of course, one can suppose this, but one cannot categorically assert it. Such an assertion would be hasty and ungrounded, since one would first need to prove that the arrangement of the types in the quadras is determined by the relation of order. This is little plausible, since order represents only one of the sixteen relations, and it is not understandable on what basis one must give preference precisely to it. With the same success one could arrange the types in the quadras in accordance with the cross of control — fig. 9.06b — or in accordance with any other inter-quadra relation. However, what must be at issue is not the fitting of the order in the socion to a beautiful configuration — the arrangement of the quadras in the socion, and of the types in the quadras, has a natural and law-governed character, as was shown in the chapter devoted to the differentiating traits, and this order cannot be assigned arbitrarily.
THE PROBLEM OF THE DIGITAL CODING OF THE TIM IN SOCIONICS
In 1987, G. A. Shulman discovered the possibility of the digital coding of the TIMs, replacing the dichotomous code of Jung with a corresponding set of zeros and ones and fixing a definite binary position for each Jungian dichotomy. It turned out that with such a coding there appear numerical invariants relating to the octaves, quadras, and dyads of TIMs — which in no small degree intrigued the imagination of socionists, especially when what came to be at issue was the construction of perfect squares (Kaminsky, Gut). At the present time it is difficult to say whether such squares are an amusing artifact or whether a definite structural meaning stands behind them. However, from the group invariants one can now already remove the mystical patina, since the mechanism of their arising is completely understandable. The point is that the mentioned binary codes are not numbers in the literal sense of the word, but represent structural configurations consisting of zeros and ones designating the poles of the Jungian dichotomies. And depending on which poles, which dichotomies, and in what quantity are represented in these sequences — it is precisely in this that the generalized dichotomous characteristic of the corresponding socionic group manifests itself. But since characteristics of this kind may be identical in completely different groups, their qualitative interpretation is relative. Nevertheless, in some cases, as will be shown below, they can serve as an argument in favor of the presence of certain peculiarities in one or another socionic group.
Table 9.01. The coding of the TIMs in the tetrad of Don Quixote, with the TIMs arranged in the order of the increase of the codes
| Decimal | TIM | Quadra code | Quadra digits | Tetrad code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | eS | c2 | 32 | 0000 |
| 01 | lS | b2 | 22 | 0001 |
| 02 | eI | d4 | 44 | 0010 |
| 03 | lI | a4 | 14 | 0011 |
| 04 | sE | a2 | 12 | 0100 |
| 05 | sL | d2 | 42 | 0101 |
| 06 | iE | b4 | 24 | 0110 |
| 07 | iL | c4 | 34 | 0111 |
| 08 | Es | a3 | 13 | 1000 |
| 09 | Ls | d3 | 43 | 1001 |
| 10 | Ei | b1 | 21 | 1010 |
| 11 | Li | c1 | 31 | 1011 |
| 12 | Se | c3 | 33 | 1100 |
| 13 | Sl | b3 | 23 | 1101 |
| 14 | Ie | d1 | 41 | 1110 |
| 15 | Il | a1 | 11 | 1111 |
In table 9.01, for reference, the coding of the socionic TIMs in the tetrad of Don Quixote is adduced. Let us also turn attention to yet another invariant, discovered by G. A. Shulman — the constancy of the sum of the codes of conflictors, equal to 15. I here also turn attention to the fact that this invariant does not depend on the choice of tetrad. The choice of the tetrad of Don Quixote for the coding of the TIMs seems entirely natural, since, in accordance with the theorem on the unambiguous orderedness of the socion, one can say that with him the socion begins; however, since to him the maximal number has been ascribed, it comes out that the count begins with his conflictor eS — and this introduces a special problematic nuance into the numbering of the TIMs, which can be called the “paradox of arrangement,” when the types in the socion are located “incorrectly.” However, this is not a paradox but a misunderstanding, since the dichotomous specifications of the types reflect not the order of their arrangement, but only their dichotomous composition. This “paradox” becomes especially importunate in the translation of binary quasi-numbers into the decimal number system.
The tetrad codes are easy to invert, mutually exchanging zeros and ones — but the invariance of the tetrad sums will not change in doing so. Since eight conflict pairs are possible, there may exist at least eight types of tetrads.¹ However, if one takes into account that the order of the components of the tetrads, and the choice of coding them with zeros and ones, is not unambiguous, then their overall quantity is rather large: 8 × 4! × 2⁴.
It seems entirely plausible that the choice of the tetrad changes the character of the interpretation of the mutual arrangement of the TIMs in configurations — as one can judge of this by the works of G. A. Shulman, who accepted as the basis of the coding of the TIMs the tetrad Ls–iE (Stirlitz — Yesenin).
Let us note that, besides the “tetrad” orderedness, in table 9.01 another, more complex orderedness is also presented, which can be seen in the third and fourth columns of the table. Here each TIM is coded by a letter and a digit, or by two digits, the first of which corresponds to the number of the quadra, and the second points to the ordinal number of the TIM in the quadra. The row of first digits and the row of second digits have their own orderedness. The simple meaning of this orderedness becomes obvious if the types are arranged in their quadra order.
The thought seems completely natural that other code invariants too must exist, relating to all the remaining relations. Let us try to reveal them, processing the codes of the different relations (see tables 9.02–9.08).
Let us consider three operations with the tetrad codes: 1) binary addition; 2) binary subtraction; 3) position-by-position comparison. Let us at once note that all these operations are incorrect, since the tetrad codes are not numbers — which becomes obvious if the coding is performed not with digits but, for example, with plus and minus signs or with letters. The use of these codes as numbers, without a special theoretical grounding, at once leads to the paradox of invariant ambiguity, which has no relation whatsoever to socionics. However, the calculations performed are useful in the respect that they make obvious the incorrectness of the transfer of the properties of numbers onto the properties of types.
Binary addition ought to characterize the sum of the dichotomous poles in a group of several TIMs. However, this quantity is not equal to the corresponding sum, since, for example, for two types the sum of the Jungian poles is always equal to 8, while the operation on the codes as on numbers gives completely different quantities. Thus, for example, the code 1111 points to only four poles, which in the accepted code are designated by ones — and in the illegitimate translation of this code into the decimal number 15 we obtain a quantity only indirectly pointing to some invariant, which in this case acquires a mystical character. The quadral and conflict invariants of G. A. Shulman obtained in this way, equal correspondingly to 30 and 15, point to the existence of an invariant sum of dichotomies, but do not correspond to it. Of course, in a conflict dyad, as in any other, the quantity of dichotomies is equal to 8, and in a quadra to 16, and these numbers are indeed invariant. The appearance of invariants under arithmetical actions on the dichotomous codes, however, reflects not the properties of the socionic objects, but the peculiarities of the number system that turned out to be more or less by chance attached to these codes.
It is not difficult to suppose that the quantitative representedness of the poles in a group has a connection with the potential possibilities of the group and its semantic interpretation.
Besides the conflict dyads, there exist other dyads as well in which the dichotomies are represented evenly. Thus, in a pair of identicals each pole is encountered twice. There exist also four-member regular groups in which the poles are represented in the same quantity as in the quadras. For example, to the number of such groups belong the groups of control. The theoretical interpretation of this fact still remains to be worked out.
The difference of the tetrad codes could characterize the degree of difference in how the poles are represented in a dyad — but this quantity too must be understood only as an indirect evaluation of the corresponding qualitative characteristic. However, since the tetrad codes are not numbers, but only have a number-like appearance, arithmetical operations on them are not legitimate. And although the numbers obtained as the result of arithmetical operations on the codes can indirectly characterize the objects standing behind them, the intrinsic properties of numbers and of arithmetical operations bring into the resulting outcomes semantic shades that have no relation to the primary objects.
In particular, as the result of similar operations on the codes of the types, one obtains not one invariant for one relation, but several: from one to four. This has its explanation, but has no relation to the properties of the socionic categories. To eliminate the invariant indefiniteness, one must use not arithmetical operations on the quasi-numbers, but the comparison of the code specifications of the TIMs with the specification of Il (Don Quixote). One of such procedures consists in the fact that if in one position identical signs are located, then we code this fact with a one, and in the contrary case with a zero. Of course, it is not at all obligatory to code the poles of the dyads with digits, which creates the illusion of numerical relations. For this purpose one can use plus and minus signs or letter designations of the poles, as is done in the variant of the Jungian typology developed by Myers–Briggs.
Comments on the tables.
Table 9.02. The differences of the codes of the dual types. The difference of the tetrad codes of duals gives four invariant numbers, which repeat themselves in the first and second octave.
| a1−a2 | a3−a4 | b1−b2 | b3−b4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1111 − 0100 = 1011 | 1000 − 0011 = 0101 | 1010 − 0001 = 1001 | 1101 − 0110 = 0111 |
| c1−c2 | c3−c4 | d1−d2 | d3−d4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1011 − 0000 = 1011 | 1100 − 0111 = 0101 | 1110 − 0101 = 1001 | 1001 − 0010 = 0111 |
Table 9.03. The sums of the codes of duals. Here it is obvious that the sum of the tetrad codes of duals gives two invariants, 10011 and 1011, which in binary code differ from each other by 1000 — which in decimal code corresponds to 8.
| a1+a2 | a3+a4 | b1+b2 | b3+b4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1111 + 0100 = 10011 | 1000 + 0011 = 1011 | 1010 + 0001 = 1011 | 1101 + 0110 = 10011 |
| c1+c2 | c3+c4 | d1+d2 | d3+d4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1011 + 0000 = 1011 | 1100 + 0111 = 10011 | 1110 + 0101 = 10011 | 1001 + 0010 = 1011 |
Table 9.04. Activation. Differences. The difference of the tetrad codes of activators gives four invariant numbers, which repeat themselves in the first and second octave.
| a1−a3 | a2−a4 | b1−b3 | b2−b4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1111 − 1000 = 0111 | 0100 − 0011 = 0001 | 1101 − 1010 = 0011 | 0110 − 0001 = 0101 |
| c1−c3 | c2−c4 | d1−d3 | d2−d4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1100 − 1011 = 0001 | 0111 − 0000 = 0111 | 1110 − 1001 = 0101 | 0101 − 0010 = 0011 |
Table 9.05. The sums of the codes of activators. Here it is obvious that the sum of the tetrad codes of activators gives two invariants, 10111 and 0111, which in binary code differ from each other by 10000 — which in decimal corresponds to 16.
| a1+a3 | a2+a4 | b1+b3 | b2+b4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1111 + 1000 = 10111 | 0100 + 0011 = 0111 | 1101 + 1010 = 10111 | 0110 + 0001 = 0111 |
| c1+c3 | c2+c4 | d1+d3 | d2+d4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1100 + 1011 = 10111 | 0111 + 0000 = 0111 | 1110 + 1001 = 10111 | 0101 + 0010 = 0111 |
Table 9.06. The mirror relations. Differences. Here, as we see, the difference of the tetrad codes of mirror partners gives two invariants. It is not difficult to understand the appearance of these invariant numbers. In the tetrad code each position of the code points to one of the poles of a definite Jungian dichotomy, in accordance with the accepted variant of coding. Then the difference of the codes naturally turns out to be connected with the coincidence or non-coincidence of one or another of the four dichotomies. However, the character of the arithmetical actions may mask this fact, and for its mapping one must use a logical operation, which can be called position-by-position comparison.
| a1−a4 | a2−a3 | b1−b4 | b2−b3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1111 − 0011 = 1100 | 1000 − 0100 = 0100 | 1010 − 0110 = 0100 | 1101 − 0001 = 1100 |
| c1−c4 | c2−c3 | d1−d4 | d2−d3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1011 − 0111 = 0100 | 1100 − 0000 = 1100 | 1110 − 0010 = 1100 | 1001 − 0101 = 0100 |
Table 9.07. The mirror relations. Logical comparison. The comparison of the codes belonging to types standing in the mirror relation. In comparing the codes, one can proceed from the fact that if the compared digits or other signs are identical, this means that the corresponding dichotomous pole is present in both types, and such a case can be designated by a one. If, however, the compared signs are different, this means that the corresponding dichotomous poles too are different, and one can designate such a case with a zero. Of course, such an agreement is not obligatory, but it, at the least, reflects the real socionic situation. As the result of such a comparison, for the mirror relation we obtain one single invariant — 0011. However, for certain other relations (Kn, Sd, Bu, Mg) two invariants will all the same be obtained — which, from the point of view of socionics, looks like a paradox, since it contains in itself no socionic meaning, but reflects only the peculiarities of the number system.
| a1∗a4 | a2∗a3 | b1∗b4 | b2∗b3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1111 ∗ 0011 = 0011 | 1000 ∗ 0100 = 0011 | 1010 ∗ 0110 = 0011 | 1101 ∗ 0001 = 0011 |
| c1∗c4 | c2∗c3 | d1∗d4 | d2∗d3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1011 ∗ 0111 = 0011 | 1100 ∗ 0000 = 0011 | 1110 ∗ 0010 = 0011 | 1001 ∗ 0101 = 0011 |
The set of digits obtained in the comparison of the dichotomous codes of two mirror types, of course, need not be considered a number — without a special theoretical grounding this is incorrect, and the attempt to operate with the dichotomous codes as with numbers relates to the category of hasty generalizations. Factually, the four digits — or, more exactly, conditional signs — (0011) are the structural code of the mirror relation. It means that mirror TIMs differ by two dichotomies — vertedness and “nality.” To this point the two zeros standing in the code in the corresponding places. Of course, these places can be reassigned at the wish of the user. Let us call this invariant — in contradistinction to the difference and sum invariants — the dichotomous invariant of the relation. It is not difficult to write the full list of these invariants for all the relations (table 9.08); however, in doing so it is necessary to observe an essential condition: all the codes of the relations must be built in the comparison of all the TIM-codes with the code of Don Quixote.
Table 9.08. The codes of the relations — the full list of the dichotomous invariants of the relations. Columns: 1 — the symbol of the relation; 2 — the binary code of the relation on the condition that the coincidence of dichotomies in the types is designated by a one; 3 — the decimal code under the same condition; 4 — the tetrad code of the TIM; 5 — the TIM corresponding to the relation.
| Relation | Binary code | Decimal | Tetrad code of TIM | TIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Id | 1111 | 15 | 1111 | Ki |
| Du | 0100 | 04 | 0100 | Dm |
| Ac | 1000 | 08 | 1000 | Hu |
| Mr | 0011 | 03 | 0011 | Ro |
| Ro | 1010 | 10 | 1010 | Hm |
| Rc | 0001 | 01 | 0001 | Go |
| Bu | 1101 | 13 | 1101 | Zh |
| Mg | 0110 | 06 | 0110 | Ye |
| Qi | 1011 | 11 | 1011 | Lo |
| Cf | 0000 | 00 | 0000 | Dr |
| Se | 1100 | 12 | 1100 | Na |
| Op | 0111 | 07 | 0111 | Ba |
| Kn | 1110 | 14 | 1110 | He |
| Sd | 0101 | 05 | 0101 | Ga |
| Or | 1001 | 09 | 1001 | St |
| Cn | 0010 | 02 | 0010 | Do |
It is not difficult to notice that in this case the dichotomous code of a relation exactly coincides with the tetrad code of the corresponding TIM. This can serve as an additional basis in favor of the one-to-one correspondence between TIM and IR. Proceeding from what has been said above, the decimal representations of the dichotomous codes, apparently, contain in themselves no socionic meaning whatsoever.
Now, using position-by-position comparison, let us show that the arrangement of the TIMs in the Churyumov square (fig. 9.07) bears an invariant character. For this it is sufficient to compare the codes of the TIMs standing in this configuration opposite each other — that is, standing in the relation of full opposition.
Since in opposite TIMs all the dichotomous poles coincide except vertedness, the dichotomous code of their relation will be the binary number 1000, corresponding to the decimal eight. This number is invariant with respect to all the dyads of full opposition, which are precisely formed by the types standing in this square opposite each other. Unconditionally, one can try arbitrarily to change the order of succession of the TIMs in the socion and, correspondingly, in the square — but this would mean that the socion is not an ordered, and all the more not a strictly ordered, set, and admits an arbitrary permutation of its elements. In this case, for example, the law of the changeability of the quadras loses all meaning. And if we acknowledge the strict orderedness of the quadras, then together with this we must acknowledge the strict orderedness of the TIMs within the quadra. The scheme of the proof of this theorem is adduced in the chapter devoted to the problem of the differentiating traits.
Fig. 9.07. The square “Ch.” The types represented by codes in the tetrad of Don Quixote — the perimeter arrangement of fig. 9.02 with each TIM replaced by its tetrad code (top: 1111, 0100, 1000, 0011; right descending: 1010, 0001, 1101, 0110; bottom right-to-left: 1011, 0000, 1100, 0111; left ascending: 0010, 1001, 0101, 1110).
A special theoretical interest is presented by the configuration of the socion proposed by G. A. Shulman in 1989 and representing one of the possible projections of the model of the socion (fig. 9.08).
Fig. 9.08. The Shulman configuration (PSS) (tetrad ra-lg-sn-ex, as printed) — a rhombic lattice of the sixteen codes with 1111 and 0000 at the extreme right and left points.
The algorithm of the placement of the TIMs in this configuration at the present time does not yet have a theoretical grounding. However, this configuration — independently of the way in which it is metrized — is interesting in that it permits the discovery of hexagonal substructures of the socion (fig. 9.08). For this it is sufficient to symmetrize it still more, having introduced an additional middle column of “phantom” TIMs (G. A. Shulman).
Fig. 9.09. The Shulman configuration with the fifth quadra — the same lattice with a middle column of four cells marked with asterisks.
G. A. Shulman wittily interpreted this additional column as a fifth quadra, composed of the values of the quadras. For now it is not understandable which codes must be placed in place of the asterisks, but it is obvious that the introduction of this structural element makes the configuration fuller and aesthetically finished. Nevertheless, it remains unclear what all this means. A thorough analysis of the Shulman configuration (KSh) is adduced in chapter 19.
One can propose a whole series of other configurations distinguished by regularity, and which, as projections of the socion, can possibly be interpreted — but this stands in need of special study. Later than Shulman, in 1996, V. V. Gulenko — using G. A. Shulman’s tetrad principle of coding (true, without references to him) — proposed his own configuration, but he did not give its substantive interpretation, and therefore it remains not understandable why the TIMs must be arranged precisely so (fig. 9.10).
Fig. 9.10. The Gulenko configuration 1 (KG-1) (tetrad ex-ra-it-lg) — a rhombic lattice: 0001, 1010 in the top row; 0110 below; 0010, 1011; 0111; 0000, 0011, 1100, 1111 across the middle; 1000; 0100, 1101; 1001; 0101, 1110.
Interesting in the intuitive respect are the configurations of Kaminsky, a talented literary scholar and poet. His configurations are built on the basis of magic squares (fig. 9.11), in which the sums of the rows and columns are invariant.
Fig. 9.11. A variant of the magic square of V. Kaminsky
| 00 | 10 | 05 | 15 | = 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | 03 | 12 | 06 | = 30 |
| 07 | 13 | 02 | 08 | = 30 |
| 14 | 04 | 11 | 01 | = 30 |
| = 30 | = 30 | = 30 | = 30 | = 120 |
The substantive socionic meaning of such squares is for now not clear.
Studying the configurations that from time to time appeared in socionics, I proposed several of my own variants, which, from the aesthetic point of view, look not bad — but the only application I could propose for them is the structuring of socionic material for mnemonic and educational purposes (fig. 9.12).
Fig. 9.12. The Churyumov configuration 1 (KCh-1) (tetrad ex-ra-it-lg; the ordinal numbers sequentially, from left to right and from top to bottom, fill a rhombic lattice): 0110 / 0011, 1010 / 0001, 0111, 1101 / 0000, 0100, 1011, 1111 / 0010, 1000, 1110 / 0101, 1100 / 1001.
Fig. 9.13. The Churyumov configuration 2 (KCh-2) (tetrad ex-ra-it-lg; a formal change — the number read in reverse order): 1001 / 1010, 0011 / 0100, 0001, 0111 / 0000, 0010, 1101, 1111 / 1000, 1110, 1011 / 1100, 0101 / 0110.
On the basis of the square table it is not difficult to obtain a large quantity of configurations in whose rows and columns stand one or another group of the socion. For example, in fig. 9.14 is adduced a configuration in whose columns stand the TIMs entering into one and the same socionic club.
Fig. 9.14. The club configuration — the clubs in the columns
| Il, 1111 | Ie, 1110 | Sl, 1101 | Se, 1100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Li, 1011 | Ei, 1010 | Ls, 1001 | Es, 1000 |
| iL, 0111 | iE, 0110 | sL, 0101 | sE, 0100 |
| lI, 0011 | eI, 0010 | lS, 0001 | eS, 0000 |
And all the same, it turned out that there exists a maximally simple configuration in the form of a 4×4 rectangle, into whose cells, quadra after quadra, the socionic types are inscribed. This configuration admits a simple and substantive interpretation in the capacity of a periodic structure, where in each row are located the quadras (the periods of the socion), and in each column the homologous TIMs (fig. 9.15). A more detailed analysis of this configuration as the periodic system of TIMs (PSTIM) is made in the chapter on the PSTIM.
Fig. 9.15. The rectangular socionic configuration
| Il | sE | Es | lI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ei | lS | Sl | iE |
| Li | eS | Se | iL |
| Ie | sL | Ls | eI |
Completely naturally must be perceived the configuration on the basis of the socionic square in which, next to the designation of the TIM, its dichotomous code is placed, as is done in fig. 9.16. The dichotomous code used corresponds to the tetrad of Don Quixote ex-ir-it-lg (extraversion-irrationality-intuition-logic). In this configuration the quadral code invariant discovered by G. A. Shulman is well revealed — and it turns out to be even a double invariant, preserving stability also with respect to the change of tetrad. It is equal to 30 or 34, depending on whether you begin the numbering from 0 or from 1.
Fig. 9.16. The rectangular Churyumov configuration (PKCh-1) (tetrad ex-ra-it-lg)
| Il, 1111 | sE, 0100 | Es, 1000 | lI, 0011 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ei, 1010 | lS, 0001 | Sl, 1101 | iE, 0110 |
| Li, 1011 | eS, 0000 | Se, 1100 | iL, 0111 |
| Ie, 1110 | sL, 0101 | Ls, 1001 | eI, 0010 |
On this basis one can obtain rather extravagant configurations. For example, the configuration whose rows are filled with groups having the set of relations Id, Sd, Or-Ro, Cf represents a half-perfect square by the numbers of the quadras.
The twice half-perfect square — separately by the numbers of the quadras and separately by the numbers of the types in the quadras — gives a configuration whose rows represent the rings of control, and whose columns are groups with the set of relations Id, Sd, Bu, Op (fig. 9.17). And if in the group of control all the dichotomous poles are represented evenly, then in the last group there is a deviation by irrationality. This can be yet another argument in favor of the fact that the normalization of the arrangement of the TIMs by the sums of the codes does not bear an absolute character, since the operations of addition and subtraction on the codes as on numbers mask and distort the structure of the dichotomous poles.
Fig. 9.17. The twice half-perfect square — by the numbers of the quadras and by the numbers of the type in the quadra
| 32, eS, 0000 | 21, Ei, 1010 | 42, sL, 0101 | 11, Il, 1111 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43, Ls, 1001 | 14, lI, 0011 | 33, Se, 1100 | 24, iE, 0110 |
| 34, iL, 0111 | 23, Sl, 1101 | 44, eI, 0010 | 13, Es, 1000 |
| 41, Ie, 1110 | 12, sE, 0100 | 31, Li, 1011 | 22, lS, 0001 |
In the fourth chapter the configuration “the Bottle of the socion” was introduced, permitting one graphically to represent the transformation of the Model “A” of Don Quixote (Il) into the corresponding model of any other TIM.
Let us also note that the use of configurations gives the possibility of introducing a metric into the space of TIMs — as, for example, G. A. Shulman did in his PSS. However, it seems expedient to introduce simple metric systems, like the L1 metric known in mathematics — the metric of the “square city,” where the distance between points is not Euclidean. The metric of the “square city” would be entirely sufficient in the flat configurations of the socion, since between the TIMs there are no continuous transitions. Of course, one can introduce any functional fields whatsoever over the point space of a configuration, but without a special grounding this will look like something contrived and formal.
In conclusion one can say that one can think up any configurations whatsoever — but if behind them there does not stand a real socionic, psychological, or social meaning, they will remain, in the best case, no more than aesthetic form-creation — well, perhaps useful from the mnemonic point of view.
Reinin’s regular foursomes
A special interest, both practical and theoretical, is presented by configurations composed of “regular foursomes” — that is, of those in which the dichotomies are represented in corresponding quantities. The latter concept means that either in each foursome all the dichotomies are represented identically, or in the different foursomes exactly two dichotomies each are fully represented, while the two others are evenly distributed among all the foursomes. These foursomes were first revealed and partially described by G. R. Reinin — there are exactly 35 of them. All the remaining foursomes are “skew,” which is an official mathematical term and reflects the violation of symmetry in some set. Their quantity is large, but whether they can correspond to the definition of specific temperaments stands in need of a special theoretical grounding and empirical proof. There is no doubt that each such foursome can be evaluated situationally, in accordance with the energetic tensions operating there, which can be interpreted in psychological terms.
The Reinin foursomes present a special theoretical interest, above all, because each of them can be obtained by different paths — but of such paths there are exactly three. This can also be understood in the sense that in all there are 105 groups of such foursomes, but in this set they are identical in threes. The point is that each regular foursome, or group of foursomes by fours, can be obtained by combining the poles of two ART; but since among the poles of the 15 ART there is a systemic dependence, the foursomes obtained from certain combinations of poles turn out to be identical.
All 35 systemically dependent triples of ART are presented in table 9.18. For the economy of space, in the table the following designations are accepted: ex — extraversion/introversion; it — intuition/sensing; cp — carefree/provident; ag — belonging to the quadras alpha+gamma / beta+delta; ab — belonging to the quadras alpha+beta / gamma+delta; ad — belonging to the quadras alpha+delta / beta+gamma; ps — positivism/negativism; lg — logic/ethics; yd — yielding/obstinate; ce — constructivists/emotivists; lr — left/right; qd — questims/declatims; tc — tacticians/strategists; ir — irrationality/rationality; st — statics/dynamics.
Table 9.18. The 35 systemically dependent ART triples
| No. | ART triple | No. | ART triple | No. | ART triple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ex, it, cp | 13 | cp, tc, st | 25 | ps, ce, ad |
| 2 | ex, ag, ps | 14 | it, lg, ag | 26 | ps, lr, st |
| 3 | ex, lg, yd | 15 | it, ps, yd | 27 | ps, qd, ir |
| 4 | ex, ab, ce | 16 | it, ab, qd | 28 | yd, ab, ir |
| 5 | ex, lr, qd | 17 | it, ce, lr | 29 | yd, ce, st |
| 6 | ex, ad, tc | 18 | it, ad, st | 30 | yd, lr, ad |
| 7 | ex, ir, st | 19 | it, tc, ir | 31 | yd, qd, tc |
| 8 | cp, ag, yd | 20 | ag, ce, tc | 32 | lg, ab, st |
| 9 | cp, lg, ps | 21 | ag, lr, ir | 33 | lg, ce, ir |
| 10 | cp, ab, lr | 22 | ag, qd, st | 34 | lg, lr, tc |
| 11 | cp, ce, qd | 23 | ag, ad, ab | 35 | lg, qd, ad |
| 12 | cp, ad, ir | 24 | ps, ab, tc |
From each three systemically dependent ART one can compose three pairs of ART, each of which will generate one and the same group of foursomes. This fact is exceptionally interesting from the semantic point of view, since it comes out that one and the same semantic field of a concrete Reinin foursome can be obtained as the result of the combination of different initial semantic fields.
In order to economize space without damage to the meaning and understanding, we shall show not all 105 foursomes — which in itself is exceptionally interesting and instructive — but only 35, correlating them in doing so with the corresponding systemically dependent triple of ART. Besides the tables of the configurations, graphical block-schemes are offered, giving the possibility of graphically representing the relations that establish themselves among the partners (table 9.19).
To clarify the general socionic semantics of a configuration consisting of regular foursomes, one must, as far as possible, answer a series of questions. For example: under what conditions could the group be effective, and under what conditions ineffective? What is the generalized psychological atmosphere in the group? What is the possible group dynamics? The degree of stability of the group? The possibility of withstanding external pressure? The problem of hierarchy and leadership?
The tables of the 35 blocks of foursomes. Each block is headed by its triple of ART and its invariant set of relations; each row gives the poles taken (+/−), the four TIMs, and the relation marker of the corresponding link. (Relation markers here in lowercase: id, du, ac, mr, or, cn, bu, mg, qi, cf, se, op, kn, sd, ro, rc — per the key of Chapter 4; type abbreviations capitalized as before.)
01 (ex, cp, it — relations or, qi, bu, kn):
| + + + | Ki, Hm, Lo, He | mr |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hu, Zh, Na, St | ac |
| − + + | Dm, Go, Dr, Ga | mr |
| − − − | Ro, Ye, Ba, Do | ac |
02 (ex, ag, ps — relations ac, qi, se):
| + + + | Ki, Hu, Lo, Na | rc |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hm, Zh, He, St | or |
| − + + | Dm, Ro, Dr, Ba | rc |
| − − − | Go, Ye, Do, Ga | or |
03 (ex, yd, lg — relations ro, qi, bu, kn):
| + + + | Ki, Zh, Lo, St | du |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hu, Hm, Na, He | ac |
| − + + | Ro, Go, Ba, Ga | du |
| − − − | Dm, Ye, Dr, Do | ac |
04 (ab, ex, ce — relations ac, or, bu, kn):
| + + + | Ki, Hu, Hm, Zh | cf |
|---|---|---|
| − + − | Lo, Na, He, St | qi |
| + − + | Dm, Ro, Go, Ye | cf |
| − − − | Dr, Ba, Do, Ga | qi |
05 (ex, lr, qd — relations or, ro, se):
| + + + | Ki, Hm, Na, St | mr |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hu, Zh, Lo, He | ac |
| − + + | Dm, Go, Ba, Do | mr |
| − − − | Ro, Ye, Dr, Ga | ac |
06 (ex, ad, tc — relations ac, or, bu, kn):
| + + + | Ki, Hu, He, St | rc |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hm, Zh, Lo, Na | or |
| − + + | Dm, Ro, Ga, Do | rc |
| − − − | Go, Ye, Dr, Ba | or |
07 (ex, ir, st — relations kn, se, bu):
| + + + | Ki, Zh, Na, He | mr |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hu, Hm, Lo, St | ac |
| − + + | Dm, Ye, Ba, Ga | mr |
| − − − | Ro, Go, Dr, Do | ac |
08 (cp, ag, yd — relations du, qi, cf):
| + + + | Ki, Dm, Lo, Dr | bu |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hm, Go, He, Ga | or |
| − + + | Hu, Ro, Na, Ba | kn |
| − − − | Zh, Ye, St, Do | ro |
09 (cp, ps, lg — relations cn, qi, sd, mg):
| + + + | Ki, Go, Lo, Ga | bu |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Dm, Hm, Dr, He | du |
| − + + | Hu, Ye, Na, Do | mr |
| − − − | Zh, Ro, St, Ba | ro |
10 (cp, ab, lr — relations du, or, cn):
| + + + | Ki, Dm, Hm, Go | se |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Lo, Dr, He, Ga | qi |
| − + + | Hu, Ro, Zh, Ye | se |
| − − − | Na, Ba, St, Do | qi |
11 (cp, ce, qd — relations or, sd, cf, mg):
| + + + | Ki, Hm, Dr, Ga | mr |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Dm, Go, Lo, He | du |
| − + + | Hu, Zh, Ba, Do | mr |
| − − − | Ro, Ye, Na, St | du |
12 (cp, ad, ir — relations du, kn, sd):
| + + + | Ki, Dm, He, Ga | bu |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hm, Go, Lo, Dr | or |
| − + + | Hu, Ro, St, Do | kn |
| − − − | Zh, Ye, Na, Ba | ro |
13 (cp, tc, st — relations cn, cf, kn, bu):
| + + + | Ki, Go, Dr, He | mr |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hm, Dm, Lo, Ga | or |
| − + + | Hu, Ye, Ba, St | kn |
| − − − | Ro, Zh, Na, Do | du |
14 (it, ag, lg — relations mr, qi, op):
| + + + | Ki, Ro, Lo, Ba | rc |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hm, Ye, He, Do | or |
| − + + | Dm, Hu, Dr, Na | rc |
| − − − | Go, Zh, St, Ga | or |
15 (it, ps, yd — relations mg, qi, cn, sd):
| + + + | Ki, Ye, Lo, Do | du |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Ro, Hm, Ba, He | mr |
| − + + | Hu, Go, Na, Ga | du |
| − − − | Dm, Zh, Dr, St | mr |
16 (it, ab, qd — relations mr, or, mg, sd):
| + + + | Ki, Ro, Hm, Ye | cf |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Lo, Ba, He, Do | qi |
| − + + | Hu, Dm, Go, Zh | se |
| − − − | Dr, Na, Ga, St | op |
17 (it, ce, lr — relations or, op, cn):
| + + + | Ki, Hm, Ba, Do | du |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Ro, Ye, Lo, He | mr |
| − + + | Hu, Zh, Dr, Ga | du |
| − − − | Dm, Go, Na, St | mr |
18 (it, ad, st — relations mr, kn, cn, bu):
| + + + | Ki, Ro, He, Do | rc |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hm, Ye, Lo, Ba | or |
| − + + | Dm, Hu, Ga, St | rc |
| − − − | Go, Zh, Dr, Na | or |
19 (it, tc, ir — relations mg, op, kn):
| + + + | Ki, Ye, Ba, He | du |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Ro, Hm, Lo, Do | mr |
| − + + | Hu, Go, Dr, St | du |
| − − − | Dm, Zh, Na, Ga | mr |
20 (ag, ce, tc — relations ac, cf, op):
| + + + | Ki, Hu, Dr, Ba | du |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Dm, Ro, Lo, Na | mr |
| − + + | Hm, Zh, Ga, Do | du |
| − − − | Go, Ye, He, St | mr |
21 (ag, lr, ir — relations du, se, op):
| + + + | Ki, Dm, Na, Ba | bu |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hu, Ro, Lo, Dr | ac |
| − + + | Hm, Go, St, Do | kn |
| − − − | Zh, Ye, He, Ga | ac |
22 (ag, qd, st — relations mr, cf, se):
| + + + | Ki, Ro, Dr, Na | rc |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Dm, Hu, Lo, Ba | du |
| − + + | Hm, Ye, Ga, St | or |
| − − − | Go, Zh, He, Do | du |
23 (ag, ad, ab — relations du, ac, mr):
| + + + | Ki, Dm, Hu, Ro | ro |
|---|---|---|
| + − + | Lo, Dr, Na, Ba | qi |
| − + − | He, Ga, St, Do | ro |
| − − − | Hm, Go, Zh, Ye | qi |
24 (ps, ab, tc — relations ac, cn, mg, sd):
| + + + | Ki, Hu, Go, Ye | cf |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Lo, Na, Ga, Do | qi |
| − + + | Dm, Ro, Hm, Zh | cf |
| − − − | Dr, Ba, He, St | qi |
25 (ps, ce, ad — relations ac, sd, rc, mg):
| + + + | Ki, Hu, Ga, Do | du |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Go, Ye, Lo, Na | cn |
| − + + | Hm, Zh, Dr, Ba | du |
| − − − | Dm, Ro, He, St | rc |
26 (ps, lr, st — relations cn, se, rc):
| + + + | Ki, Go, Na, Do | mr |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hu, Ye, Lo, Ga | ac |
| − + + | Dm, Hm, Ba, St | mr |
| − − − | Ro, Zh, Dr, He | ac |
27 (ps, qd, ir — relations mg, se, sd):
| + + + | Ki, Ye, Na, Ga | du |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Hu, Go, Lo, Do | ac |
| − + + | Ro, Hm, Dr, St | du |
| − − − | Dm, Zh, Ba, He | ac |
28 (yd, ab, ir — relations du, bu, mg):
| + + + | Ki, Dm, Zh, Ye | se |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Lo, Dr, St, Do | qi |
| − + + | Hu, Ro, Hm, Go | se |
| − − − | Na, Ba, He, Ga | qi |
29 (yd, ce, st — relations bu, cf, rc, kn):
| + + + | Ki, Zh, Dr, Do | mr |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Dm, Ye, Lo, St | du |
| − + + | Hu, Hm, Ba, Ga | mr |
| − − − | Ro, Go, Na, He | du |
30 (yd, lr, ad — relations du, ro, rc):
| + + + | Ki, Dm, St, Do | ac |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Zh, Ye, Lo, Dr | bu |
| − + + | Hm, Go, Na, Ba | ac |
| − − − | Hu, Ro, He, Ga | kn |
31 (yd, qd, tc — relations mg, cf, ro, sd):
| + + + | Ki, Ye, Dr, St | ac |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Dm, Zh, Lo, Do | du |
| − + + | Ro, Hm, Na, Ga | ac |
| − − − | Hu, Go, Ba, He | du |
32 (lg, ab, st — relations mr, cn, bu, kn):
| + + + | Ki, Ro, Go, Zh | cf |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Lo, Ba, Ga, St | qi |
| − + + | Dm, Hu, Hm, Ye | cf |
| − − − | Dr, Na, He, Do | qi |
33 (lg, ce, ir — relations bu, op, sd):
| + + + | Ki, Zh, Ba, Ga | du |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Ro, Go, Lo, St | mr |
| − + + | Hu, Hm, Dr, Do | du |
| − − − | Dm, Ye, Na, He | mr |
34 (lg, lr, tc — relations cn, op, ro):
| + + + | Ki, Go, Ba, St | ac |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Ro, Zh, Lo, Ga | or |
| − + + | Dm, Hm, Na, Do | ac |
| − − − | Hu, Ye, Dr, He | or |
35 (lg, qd, ad — relations mr, sd, ro, mg):
| + + + | Ki, Ro, Ga, St | du |
|---|---|---|
| + − − | Go, Zh, Lo, Ba | cn |
| − + + | Hm, Ye, Dr, Na | du |
| − − − | Dm, Hu, He, Do | rc |
Table 9.19. The block-schemes of the regular Reinin foursomes. (Translator’s note: the source prints 35 small square diagrams, one per block, each showing the four TIMs of the Ki-containing foursome at the corners with the relations drawn as sides and diagonals. The corner sets are, per block: 1 — Ki, Hm / He, Lo; 2 — Ki, Hu / Na, Lo; 3 — Ki, Zh / St, Lo; 4 — Ki, Hu / Zh, Hm; 5 — Ki, Hm / St, Na; 6 — Ki, Hu / St, He; 7 — Ki, Zh / Na, He; 8 — Ki, Dm / Dr, Lo; 9 — Ki, Go / Ga, Lo; 10 — Ki, Dm / Go, Hm; 11 — Ki, Hm / Dr, Ga; 12 — Ki, Dm / Ga, He; 13 — Ki, Dr / Go, He; 14 — Ki, Ro / Ba, Lo; 15 — Ki, Ye / Do, Lo; 16 — Ki, Ro / Ye, Hm; 17 — Ki, Hm / Do, Ba; 18 — Ki, Ro / Do, He; 19 — Ki, Ye / He, Ba; 20 — Ki, Hu / Dr, Ba; 21 — Ki, Dm / Na, Ba; 22 — Ki, Ro / Na, Dr; 23 — Ki, Dm / Hu, Ro; 24 — Ki, Hu / Go, Ye; 25 — Ki, Hu / Ga, Do; 26 — Ki, Go / Do, Na; 27 — Ki, Ye / Na, Ga; 28 — Ki, Dm / Zh, Ye; 29 — Ki, Dr / Zh, Do; 30 — Ki, Dm / St, Do; 31 — Ki, Ye / Dr, St; 32 — Ki, Ro / Zh, Go; 33 — Ki, Ga / Zh, Ba; 34 — Ki, Go / St, Ba; 35 — Ki, Ro / St, Ga.)
Legend of the conditional designations used in the block-schemes (table 9.19): id — identity; du — duality; ac — activation; mr — mirrorness; or — order; cn — control; bu — business; mg — mirage; qi — quasi-identity; cf — conflict; se — superego; op — opposites (full opposition); kn — kindred; sd — semi-duality; ro — order-reception; rc — control-reception.
Commentaries on the groups of foursomes 1–35
All the proposed names of the foursomes are the result of a preliminary intuitive evaluation and lay claim neither to fundamentality nor to finality. The names here perform the usual task of the marking of an object, and also play a mnemonic role. In each block of foursomes, the role of the invariant is played by one — and in some cases two — sets of relations, which is precisely what determines the semantics of the block. Here the semantics expresses, above all, the energetic lines of the relations, which set only tendencies, the spirit of the group, the scenario core; the concrete scenario of group dynamics will depend on a multitude of extra-socionic circumstances. Here, as always in socionics, one should say that the semantics of a group determines its type, its group temperament, while the character of the group will be just as individual as the character of the concrete bearer of a concrete socionic type. However, what is important is that the energetic configuration in the group bears an objective character, and is not the result of subjective preferences.
01 — “Battering-Ram-1,” or the “Court group” (after Savchenko). This is a powerful group oriented toward highly productive activity. Here the liberal atmosphere in the kindred link, with two order links, channels the order to the business link. The order is oriented from the spontaneous irrational link to the rational business one, which contributes to the creative solution of arising problems. The presence of two quasi-identical links makes the group universal with respect to the theoretical and the pragmatic set. One should also take into account that the quasi-identical relations belong to the group of active synergy, significantly strengthening the energy of the order links. An important peculiarity of the group is that all its members are either intuitives or sensorics, which determines the effectiveness of the solution of specialized tasks. The passive antagonism in the kindred and business link stabilizes the purposeful productivity of the group, making it somewhat inert with respect to the change of programs — which, in the case of a negative development of events, leads to the strengthening of dogmatic tendencies.
02 — “The Party Bureau” — a group of very harsh reaction to a “guilty” member of the organization. Such a group is capable of relatively easily polarizing into two halves, into which the activators enter. At the same time, in connection with the superego link, the members of the group are set to take jealous account of one another’s behavior, using intrigue and manipulation for control and regulation. Each of the partners here — against the background of the combination of the relation of quasi-identity (active synergy) and superego (passive antagonism) — is ready at any moment to present harsh demands to the other and to catch him out in insufficient “zeal.” Willy-nilly one has to “correspond” to the general moods and demonstrate faithfulness to the “party line.” This is also a group of very harsh reaction to a “guilty” outsider — a “brainwashing” group. The group can also come forward in the capacity of a “keeper of tradition,” in which the fulfillment of established rituals and rules of behavior is rigidly adhered to.
03 — “Battering-Ram-2.” The presence of order links oriented toward the solution of concrete business tasks, against the background of quasi-identical universality, makes the group effective in extreme conditions, where a striking “fist” and a “brain center” are needed. In contradistinction to “Battering-Ram-1,” here the transmission of the order goes from the rational link (the “brain center”) to the executing irrational link (the “striking fist”). An important peculiarity of the group, in contradistinction to “Battering-Ram-1,” is that in the group there are both sensorics and intuitives.
04 — “The Brigade.” The presence in the group of order and activation links, against the background of kindred liberality and the presence of common business interests, makes it a highly stable, “unsinkable,” and powerful fighting unit. Here the business link is irrational and the kindred one rational, which gives the group a special directedness in extreme conditions.
05 — “The Troika-Bird,” the ring of order. The group is effective for the “spinning-up” of a theme, when the order, at the different stages of its transformation, will cyclically pass through the same links, which facilitates the process of “spinning-up.” Since the ideas of the order-recipient become for the order-giver a source of technological schemes, the group can easily be specialized in the working-out of concrete technologies.
06 — “The Motor.” The two order links in this group are powerfully supported by the links of activation, which, against the background of kindred liberalism, is capable of ensuring high business universality with a resultful perspective. In the group a high-energy atmosphere is maintained, with the use of humor and “gags.” Here the business link is rational and the kindred one irrational, which gives the group a special stability in business.
07 — “The Gang.” In the group there is present an atmosphere of businesslikeness and of passive compatibility by the kindred relation, against the background of jealous diplomacy by the superego. The group is distinguished by relative stability, based on the community of interests in the links of the kindred and business relations; but the presence in the group of the “jealous” superego relation compels the group, making “ethical relaxations,” to evolve quickly in the direction of “easy gain.” Of course, such a group will not obligatorily degrade in the direction of outright banditry, but in it various schemes of quick enrichment will be born relatively easily — which is not always bad.
08 — “The Saw.” Here the tension of the conflict is partially softened by dualization inside the polarizing pairs of the group, and also by the softly activating relation of quasi-identity, which contributes to the formation of cycles of confrontations and truces. Nevertheless, in order to maintain stability in the group, it is necessary to observe restraint and correctness. The optimal variant, in the given case, consists in the dual pairs communicating through their quasi-identical partners.
09 — “Racket-1.” The group easily polarizes along the line of control, as a result of which the semi-dual pair acquires a small advantage over the mirage one, which creates for the semi-dual pair the possibility of attaching itself to the mirage pair from above, giving the beginning to hierarchical relations.
10 — “Domination-1.” The group easily polarizes along the lines of control and order into two dual pairs, of which one turns out to be dominant and the other subordinate. The group is effective in situations where high responsibility and exactness are necessary, and the time for the solution of the task is limited. In the group an atmosphere of distrust and of suspicions of bad faith and abuses may arise. Here the control-order is irrational, which can quickly lead to lawlessness.
11 — “Hazing-1.” The group quickly polarizes along the line of conflict, and the semi-dual irrational pair receives an advantage over the mirage non-obligatoriness in the second, rational pair. This advantage is significantly increased in connection with the fact that the first pair is cross-ordering with respect to the second. As a result, in the group an atmosphere of haughty superiority is easily established.
12 — “The Spirit of Protestantism-1.” Two dualities and two semi-dualities, against the background of kindred relations in the irrational foursomes, create an atmosphere of serenity, when no one owes anyone anything and there is nowhere to hurry. However, in this block, in the rational foursomes, there is also a second set of relations — bu, du, mg — which creates an atmosphere of highly effective businesslikeness against the background of dual cover and mirage unconstraint, which permits the collation of the atmosphere of this block with the “spirit of Protestantism,” of which M. Weber wrote so interestingly. The irrational groups in this block correspond to the Relaxation group, or the “Square” (after Reinin).
13 — “The Shoot-Out.” The polarization of the group along the lines of conflict and irrational control creates a harsh confrontation of the business and kindred pairs. To come to an agreement is impossible, and everything is decided by forceful confrontation. If the members of the group are bound by formal relations, then the stability of the group will be ensured by the existing regulations. In a diffuse situation, the stability of the group gravitates toward negative forms, when people hate and struggle with one another, but turn out to be incapable of fully breaking off the relations.
14 — “The Club by Interests.” The three relations — mr, qi, op — present in this group contribute to an atmosphere of uncompromising search for truth. This group is well investigated in socionics. It corresponds to the set toward a kind of activity (after Gulenko). The relations of quasi-identity and of opposition in this group ensure its stability in tense situations. The relations in the mirror pairs guarantee high exactingness in the working-out of consensus.
15 — “Racket-2.” The group easily polarizes along the line of control, and the controlling semi-dual pair, against the background of the relations of quasi-identity, receives a certain superiority over the mirage pair, which permits the controlling pair to exploit the mirage pair — which, however, compels the latter to consolidate and to seek means of effective opposition. From “Racket-1” it differs by a lesser lawlessness.
16 — “The Design Institute.” The mirage order of one pair is partially counterbalanced by the semi-duality of the second pair, and both pairs are slightly polarized by the mirror opposition, which contributes to the arising of an active creative atmosphere. Such an atmosphere is especially good in design institutes and other similar organizations, where competition is not especially strong. The group is stable with respect to external pressure, and the comfortable well-being is distributed more or less evenly.
17 — “The Department of Technical Control.” The one-directional ring flow of alternating order and control ensures the high extreme stability of the group, while the high level of emotional neutrality of the members of the group by the relation of full opposition makes possible an uncompromising, but benevolent and tactful, checking of execution. The cycle in this group begins with the order. An order-control group.
18 — “Behind-the-Scenes Influences.” Here the polarization goes along the line of control and of the mirror relation. As a result, on the basis of the business and kindred relations, two pairs are formed; but since the common business interests set the strategic basis of activity, the business rational pair receives a sufficient advantage over the passive compatibility of the kindred irrational pair. However, by virtue of its introversion, the rational pair must use its advantage non-demonstratively, cautiously, and very tactfully.
19 — “The Game of Podkidnoy Durak.” The mirage unconstraint and the kindred loyalty, against the background of the cautious curiosity of full opposition among the irrationals, create a setting for light, irresponsible pastime with elements of mutual curiosity. Among the rationals, semi-duality and the business relations can contribute to enterprise. The group can be effective, for example, in the sphere of art, when creative relations receive a preponderance over responsibility and a setting arises of a high level of freedom and of business support. After the fulfillment of a local task the group may easily fall apart, but it will just as easily gather again upon the arising of a new joint interest. Leadership in such a group bears a situational character, and even the bearers of strong types do not become permanent leaders.
20 — “The Barricades.” The group easily polarizes along the lines of conflict and of full opposition on the basis of activation, as a result of which two rigidly opposed pairs of different “vertedness” arise, when the extraverts of one group oppose the introverts of the other, which gives the conflict an especially acute character. The group can be effective in the working-out of especially responsible decisions.
21 — “Court Intrigues.” The group easily polarizes along the lines of superego and of full opposition into “us” and “them,” between whom a complex positional game is constantly conducted. Here the duality in a pair gives the possibility of feeling oneself under cover; the full opposition creates a setting of guarded curiosity; and the superego compels one to maneuver and seek compromises. The question of leadership in this group is based on the opposition of intuition and sensing.
22 — “The Parliament.” In this group mirrorness turns out to be the softest relation, and therefore a weak polarization along it is possible, when in the pairs formed there go on principled but, at their basis, non-hostile discussions, while between the mirror pairs a hard barrier of conflict and superego is built up. In this case the initially passive antagonism of the superego, under the influence of the conflict confrontation, shifts in the direction of intrigues.
23 — “The Quadra.” In socionics this group, distinguished by the high balancedness of its polarities, is well worked through. As field observations show, organizations admitting the rotation of personnel have a tendency to “quadrify” in their staff composition. Such groups are initially internally stable and withstand well external pressure and unfavorable circumstances. In these groups, “their own” extraverts easily become leaders. However, under favorable circumstances, stagnation and a lowering of creative potential are possible in the group — which is relatively easily compensated by special measures like trainings.
24 — “The Little Family-1.” In the group a situation folds up similar to when “mommy” defends the guilty little son before the face of the strict papa, while the daughter, papa’s favorite, reproaches mommy that “everything is for him, and nothing for me.” In this group leadership passes easily to the ethical extraverts, under whom the logical extraverts perform the role of advisors.
25 — “The Little Family-2.” This group differs from “The Little Family-1” in that there the relations develop within the framework of the quadras alpha-beta and gamma-delta, while here within the framework of the quadras delta-alpha and beta-gamma. Both groups have a tendency to polarize weakly by the trait of activation under the influence of cross-controlling agents, but full confrontation does not set in because of the semi-dual and mirage coupling — as a result of which there arises the “rank-and-file effect,” or a weakly expressed hierarchy.
26 — “The Secret Police.” The atmosphere of harsh control against the background of the jealous and carefully masked attention of the superego corresponds to the total surveillance and distrust reigning in totalitarian sects. A ring of control. The group is effective in conditions where a result must be obtained at any price and in short deadlines. The self-affirmation of one personality at the expense of control over others, in the absence of control over oneself, corrupts it in the moral respect.
27 — “The Casino.” The group polarizes by the trait of semi-duality, since the jealous attention and behind-the-scenes competition of the superego, against the background of mirage non-obligatoriness, do not contribute to its consolidation. This resembles the atmosphere of a casino, where freedom is advanced to you on credit, but hidden observation is conducted over you, controlling the strict fulfillment of the programs of behavior set by the general situation.
28 — “The Spirit of Protestantism-2.” Here, in the irrational groups, dual cover, business mutual understanding and exactingness, against the background of mirage freedom and unconstraint, contribute to the consolidation of the group on the path of economic prosperity. The second set of relations in the rational groups in this block of foursomes — du, sd, kn — creates an atmosphere of liberation. The combination of these two sets in one block makes such a block exceptionally attractive from the point of view of social interrelations, although the foursomes themselves are connected among themselves by the relations of superego and quasi-identity, which sets different energetic balances between them.
29 — “The Concentration Camp.” The group polarizes simultaneously along the lines of conflict and of rational control, which, in comparison with “The Shoot-Out,” gives a weak hope for the possibility of agreement. The group may be held together by formal ties, but in their absence it easily falls apart into opposing halves, which may preserve negative contacts like struggle, confrontation, or exploitation.
30 — “Domination-2.” Here the control-order is rational.
31 — “Hazing-2.” This group has exactly the same structure as “Hazing-1,” but here the order goes from the rational link to the irrational one. The group quickly polarizes along the line of conflict, and the semi-dual rational pair receives a certain advantage over the mirage non-obligatoriness in the second, irrational pair. This advantage is significantly increased in connection with the fact that the first pair is cross-ordering with respect to the second. As a result, in the group an atmosphere of “argued” superiority is easily established.
32 — “Chit-Chat in the Ranks.” The mirror set toward the clarification of truth and the fault-finding attention of control quickly polarize the group into two pairs. Since the business pair in this group, in contradistinction to “Behind-the-Scenes Influences,” is bound by a common interest and is in addition irrational and extraverted, it has a hard organizational advantage over the pair bound by the liberality of kindred relations.
33 — “Masters and Apprentices.” Here, in the two pairs of foursomes, the relations are not identical. In the groups of irrationals — sd, bu, op. Semi-dual cover, in the presence of sufficient exactingness and common interest, against the background of the guarded curiosity connected with the relation of full opposition, ensures the necessary conditions for effective learning. In the groups of rationals — kn, mg, op. Here, against the background of mirage non-obligatoriness, learning that leans on the kindred relation bears a more liberal character, approaching the variant of the Waldorf school. Here the relations are the same as in “The Game of Podkidnoy Durak,” but with a different “nality” — a different result.
34 — “The College.” Fault-finding attention (cn), a patronizing position (or), cautious curiosity (op) with elements of alienation — an atmosphere characteristic of closed educational institutions of the specialized type. A control-order group.
35 — “The Brainstorm.” In this group the order circulates through the filter of the mirror relations, in an atmosphere of semi-dual cover and of the unconstraint ensured by the mirage relation. Here new ideas are easily born, which at once also begin to be introduced. The group is highly stable with respect to polarization, and is good for the working-out of projects and the initial stages of their introduction.
The approach outlined above to the clarification of the situational semantics of the regular foursomes can, apparently, be applied also to the irregular (“skew”) foursomes, and also to more complex configurations of types. Let us explain this on an example.
THE DEPARTMENT-1
The head of the department, St0. A former paratrooper, but in the period under consideration his health, because of combat wounds, strongly limits his activity. From an intelligentsia milieu. In the institute, having connections and rendering various services to the leadership and to colleagues, he enjoys influence. He begins the working day with a round of the influential persons — the pro-rectors, the heads of other departments, the secretaries of the party committee and the trade-union committee. He is constantly preoccupied with raising the level of his prestige. He participates in all influential commissions, constantly obtains bonuses and privileges. The good apartment he had earlier received from the institute he exchanged for a significantly better one in a prestigious professorial-teaching building. In the first years of his work as head, at the beginning of the academic year, in small handwriting, he personally filled in the work plans of all twelve members of the department. He did this consciously, fearing that the executors might commit some serious miscalculations — not only professional, but also political. However, later, with the growth of his experience of leadership and the increase of the staff to 23 people, he “entrusted” this to the executors themselves. He teaches with aplomb, knows the material very well, not formally, willingly conducts a student circle. His sense of humor is at the lower limit — he not only never jokes, but almost never smiles — he “indicates a smile.” He attained the inclusion of his geometric theorem in the mathematical encyclopedia, and was obviously proud of this — in which, of course, there is nothing reprehensible.
His assistant for science, Ba. An architect, a candidate of architecture. From an intelligentsia milieu. Very capable of work and dutiful. Somewhat gloomy, but unfailing and conscientious, knowing his subject deeply, freely commanding graphic means, magnificently executing complex architectural drawings in the capacity of visual aids — and his instructional depictions, executed hastily on the board during lectures, are so exact, expressive, and aesthetic that they ought to be photographed and preserved not only as instructional samples but as works of art. He writes sentimental verses — simple, even primitive, but sincere. He is capable of holding high levels of mathematical abstraction, is deeply versed in the theoretical subtleties of aesthetics, is no stranger to philosophy. He drives a motorcycle and a car, is well versed in their construction, and repairs them himself. As a teacher he does not enjoy authority among the students; he does not know how to establish contact with an audience. In the configuration that has formed, he corresponds to the saying “the one who pulls is the one who gets driven.”
Knowing socionics, it is not difficult to discover the control–controlled component in the relations of St0 and Ba. The latter constantly displays dissatisfaction with the former’s relation to him, but by virtue of official subordination he all the time turns out to be in a disadvantaged position. St0 simply could not have loaded anyone else with departmental work in this way. For example, the attempt to attract the woman St1 to the curation of the scientific work of the department proved without result — and yet she would not only easily have coped with it, but could have put it on a high level. Although St0 is, with respect to Ba, in a commanding position, he is jealous of his influence in the scientific milieu and of his superb professional qualities, and conducts a hidden intrigue against Ba becoming a doctor of sciences.
The graduate student Do1. From an intelligentsia milieu. Very intelligent and conscientious, but impractical. He does not know how to establish business connections, which limits his career growth. He teaches creatively, uses technical means — although for this he has to strain significantly — and enjoys love and respect among the students, and among the members of the department too. Do1, as “one of ours,” is under the patronage of St0, his scientific supervisor. St0 forgives Do1 much, does everything to reduce his workloads, takes him along on official trips and to conferences in other cities. He often invites him to his home, where he discusses with him various intellectual-psychological problems.
The woman assistant Do2. From an intelligentsia milieu. Soft, dutiful, impractical. She relates to the students maternally, tries to teach them everything she knows, conducts lengthy many-hour consultations, sits late. She gradually becomes the lover of St0.
The woman assistant Dr. From an intelligentsia milieu. She knows how to stand up for herself; she works conscientiously. She was hired through connections (her father was the director of a factory). St0 sometimes uses this connection.
The woman assistant He. From an intelligentsia milieu. A ringleader-organizer of events: excursions, trips, parties. Very strong, but not very attractive. A good teacher. She emotionally supports St0.
The woman assistant Hu. From a petit-bourgeois milieu. High ideals are incomprehensible to her; only earnings and connections interest her. Young, without teaching experience, hired through connections. A humanely practical relation to the students — she accepts gifts in exchange for course credits and examinations. She supports St0 formally, but not emotionally.
The woman docent St1. From an intelligentsia milieu. Powerful, influential, and productive. A good teacher. She conducts a hidden competitive struggle against St0.
The woman docent St2. From an intelligentsia milieu. She knows her own worth, has influential patrons. A hard teacher — merciless with the students. She tries to be on equal terms with the head, criticizes his work.
The docent Ro. From an intelligentsia milieu. Intelligent and just. Good mutual understanding with the head, without toadying, on equal terms; he supports him in everything. A good teacher.
The docent Zh1. An elderly man, the former head of the department. He knows the subject well, but treats the students harshly. Toward the head he behaves defiantly, is impertinent.
The assistant Zh2. From a peasant milieu. He teaches a subject not his own, but within the limits of the program he knows the material — however, he will not solve a non-standard problem. He behaves demonstratively independently, as if emphasizing that he does not intend to fawn before anyone and will certainly not descend to toadying.
The competitive struggle between the identicals and the quasi-identicals creates a tense polarization, when all the remaining members of the department have to choose whose side they are on. Do1 relates well to St0 and to St1, but they try to use him in their struggle, stealthily “setting” him against each other. The problem arises of how to “save face.” An unpleasant, tense situation. The squabbles of St0 with Zh1 during the sessions of the department create a heavy atmosphere. The head wishes to be unchallengeable, but the quasi-identical Zh1 “cuts the plain truth.” In the end, St0 rids himself of Zh1, failing him at re-election. The majority of the members of the department, excluding Zh2, voted against Zh1. For St2 and St1, Zh1 was a competitor and a difficult interlocutor, and they rid themselves of him with pleasure. Zh2, being an assistant, tries to hold himself neutrally, but this looks like demonstrative independence. He has no easy mutual understanding with St0, on which his social origin also lays its imprint. When, however, Zh2 becomes a candidate of sciences, he opposes St0 harshly, expressing “straight to his face” what he thinks and on what occasion. At the first possibility, St0 fails his re-election — although in the secret voting part of the members of the department, including Do1, did not support him [St0], considering his actions unjust. In this situation St0 enjoys the emotional support of He and Ro. Dr relates to him with sufficient understanding. Ba submits to him fully — although St0 tries to prevent Ba from becoming a doctor of sciences before him, and hinders him in this in every way, loading him with organizational and paperwork tasks. All the others feel a rather strong alienation toward St0.² It is difficult for them to talk with him. They, feeling their own strong position in the institute, do not want to be toadies, while subconscious sets do not permit them to be on friendly terms with him. In this situation the basic production conflict played itself out within the framework of the quasi-identical relations. However, after ridding himself of Zh1, St0 begins the struggle with St1. This woman is on good terms with the leadership of the institute, and becomes for the leadership a source of compromising information with respect to St0.
We see that in this situation St0, not possessing sufficient personal authority for the strong members of the department, uses the administrative resource to rid himself of them. At the same time, the production process remains in oblivion. Thus, the heightened quadral motley within the limits of the small group turned out not to correspond to its production purpose.
THE DEPARTMENT-2
Twenty-five years later, much at the department had changed. Several teachers had passed away; several had left the institute — part of their own will for “better bread,” part into retirement, part had been “squeezed out” by internal and external intrigues.
The head of the department became Do3, who had arrived as one of the last. This was a thirty-five-year-old — that is, relatively young in comparison with his aged colleagues — scholar who had recently defended a doctoral dissertation in applied geometry. Being an introvert, he did not at once produce the impression of an influential person, and only his scientific degree and the title of professor gave him the formal right to occupy this post. His worldview was inadequate in the scientific-teaching milieu. Although he imposed his mystical views on no one, between him and the other members of the department no closeness of soul ever arose. For that matter, his spiritual worldview was not distinguished by consistency: adhering to Orthodox ritual observance, he practiced Eastern spiritual practices. In doing so, he was distinguished by a heightened self-evaluation and intolerance. He always spoke in a quiet voice, but with a very hard intonation. Several times he expressed the wish to go away to a monastery, but even after many years he did not do this. He was not married, and when, toward his fortieth year, his parents died, he remained alone in a three-room apartment. His only beloved creature was a small dachshund, but it too soon died. One felt that he lacked contact with women, but those of them toward whom he felt attraction “shied away” from him “like the devil from incense.” He had very few people with whom he could talk heart to heart. At the department this was only the already much-aged Do1. It is interesting that between these people with identical types a spiritual contact arose, and they conversed much between themselves — but on the majority of questions they could not come to a single opinion. Do3 was a hard authoritarian-Stalinist, having inherited this position from his father, a former party functionary, while Do1 inclined toward a moderate anarchism. Such a worldview disposition created a hard cognitive barrier.
For the leadership, Do3 was a convenient person — it was easy to disregard his opinion in personnel questions, imposing on him the people the leadership needed, and they yielded to him only where the leadership was indifferent. When he spoke at the academic councils of the institute, his opinion was perceived as somewhat strange and was practically never taken into consideration. Through the protection of the leadership, there came to the department the woman professor St3, who was sympathetic to Do3 — but beyond general-theoretical conversations things did not go with them. St3 worked at a full position at the polytechnic institute and had no possibility whatsoever of working at Do3’s department. However, this very intelligent and adroit woman thought up a scheme that suited everyone. The leadership, through acquaintance, gave her a double professorial position, and she gave half of this salary to Dr1, so that the latter would conduct the classes for her. This was easy to do, because St3 and Dr1 were placed in the schedule as a pair, and Dr1 conducted the classes for two, while the monetary compensation fully suited her. Nothing changed even after one of the enviers (it looks like Hu1, who by this time had become an experienced teacher and had acquired extensive connections in the institute) wrote to the rectorate an anonymous letter about the violation of production discipline by St3 and Dr1. True, the head of the department Do3 was given a reprimand about the absence of discipline at the department, and his salary supplement was removed.
Nevertheless, Do3 attained that, at his petition, several new teachers came to work at the department. Among them: a young woman degree-seeker Dr3, and two women on hourly pay who knew computer graphics well — Ga1 and He2. Before these last, Do3 fawned, since he himself knew computer graphics superficially and was afraid of being compromised. Dr3, having defended a dissertation through acquaintance, was sympathetic to Do3, and he helped her receive the title of docent — however, she soon turned out to be a bribe-taker, and she was made to leave the institute. Ga1 and He2 soon also left the department, since it was for them an intermediate link.
Do3 hired a young man, Do4, and, counting on him taking upon himself the leadership in computer graphics, gave him maximal privileges: a double salary supplement and a separate room in the dormitory — however, his hopes were not justified. Do4 related to the work at the department superficially and avoided additional loads.
But with Ki1, who had come to the department through his protection when he was not yet the head, he dealt with extreme prejudice, considering that she owed him her employment, and kept her “on short rations.” Timid and vulnerable, she was new at the department and acutely felt the unjust, and often malicious, relation on the part of Do3, Dr1, and Dr2, who had been taken on through protection. Ki1 needed housing. She rented a single room and gave for it almost her whole salary, living very modestly and half-starving. She ought to have been given a salary supplement and settled in the dormitory — but Do3, seeking from her some incomprehensible heightened obedience, all the time demonstrated extreme dissatisfaction with her, and all her requests for help he either rejected as excessive or postponed, with a hint that Ki1 would become “more loyal.” But in what could her “guilt” consist? She fulfilled all the assignments of Do3, and he gave her more of them than the others. He gave her a double public workload, including unpaid work as curator in a student group. Not having withstood his malicious relation to her, Ki1 left the department. This was a strong and conscientious teacher, who had recently defended a candidate dissertation and counted on the title of docent — but Do3 purposefully obstructed this, having given this post to Dr3, who had come to the department later than Ki1 and had, through acquaintance, been freed from all public workloads.
One of the most unjust acts of Do3 was the removal from the department of Ba0 — the best professional of the department.
As for Do1, Do3 tried to keep him at the department and met him halfway — but the leadership did not support him and sent Do1 into retirement, although this strongly weakened the department and harmed production necessity.
From the descriptions adduced it is evident that the socionic law-governednesses, setting frame limitations, manifest themselves in collective relations as a statistical possibility.
Regular dyads
Strange as it may be, the regular dyads — that is, pairs of TIMs, or sets of two TIMs — have passed by the attention of socionists. They have the same right to existence as the regular octaves and the regular Reinin foursomes. However, by virtue of the minimality of such a configuration, here there are no limitations on combinability — and this means that any pair can be represented as a generalized TIM. Properly, it was with such generalized psychological TYPES that Jung dealt: he did not distinguish that which in socionics Aušra called the kindred types. For him, in his initial eight, the irrational intuitive extravert was presented as a single type, while in the Myers–Briggs system, and then in socionics, this type turned out to be split into two. In socionics these are the ILE and the IEE — Don Quixote and Huxley. This idea is easy to extend to any pairs of TIMs. Gluing together two arbitrary TIMs, we obtain an integral type having the same right to identification as any of the sixteen TIMs. It goes without saying that this will be a partial type. It is determined not by the four Jungian dichotomies, but by only three ART — however, for this one must choose linearly independent ART, and any such triple will determine one such type. These types it is natural to call binary. The acceptance of this idea is hampered by the fact that it is difficult to imagine a single type at whose basis are located, for example, conflictors, or a controller with his controlled one. However, one must recall that any (!) two TIMs have 8 common ART, which precisely can unambiguously characterize the binary type.
It is not difficult to count up the quantity of all pairs of TIMs, which will be equal to the number of combinations of 16 by 2 — that is, C(16,2), which is equal to 16×15/2 = 120. Thus, the overall number of types that socionics can offer psychology is 30 (monotypes) + 120 (bitypes) + 140 (tritypes) + 16 (tetratypes) = 306 partial types. It is understood that all these types are types of information metabolism.
Conclusions to Chapter Nine
- The concept of the socionic configuration, as a specific projection of the socion, has been introduced and considered.
- The configuration “the Churyumov square” has been proposed, which permitted the refinement of the order of the arrangement of the types in the socion in comparison with the Lyashkyavichus table, and which can also be used in the capacity of a mnemonic and illustrative means in the exposition of a course of socionics. Several other socionic configurations have been introduced, among them the “Socionic cross” and the “Bottle of the socion.” The last configuration makes graphic the structural connections among the TIMs.
- The problem of the tetrad coding of the TIMs according to G. A. Shulman has been considered, and the meaning of such coding has been disclosed as a specific mapping of the structure of the dichotomous poles of the TIM.
- The meaning of the numerical operations of the addition and subtraction of the codes has been disclosed, as an indirect mapping of the structure of the dichotomous poles, and the relative usefulness of the use of such operations has been shown.
- The logical operation of the position-by-position comparison of the codes has been proposed, as adequate to the structure of the code.
- On the basis of the operation of the position-by-position comparison of the codes, numerical invariants of the socionic relations have been obtained, and with the use of these codes additional arguments have been proposed in favor of the unambiguous correspondence between TIM and IR — which earlier I derived leaning on the principle of duality.
- A series of square-tabular configurations has been considered, and a periodic configuration has been proposed, creating the basis for the consideration of the socion as a periodic system of TIMs (PSTIM).
- The question of the metrization of the space of types set by one or another configuration has been partially considered.
- A metrization of the typological spaces has been proposed with the help of the L1 metric (the metric of the “square city”).
- The tables and block-schemes of all 35 regular foursomes have been presented, and an attempt has been made at their substantive interpretation.
- On the basis of typological gluing, the concept of the binary type has been introduced.
References
- Shulman, G. A., “The Tetrad Coding of the TIMs,” report at the theoretical seminar on socionics.
- Churyumov, S. I., “Geometric Configurations in Socionics,” SMiPL 5, 2001.
Notes
- A tetrad — in the given case, a set of four digits with whose help the poles of the Jungian dichotomies are coded.
- (Translator’s note: the printed text here reads “toward St1,” but the context of the paragraph — which concerns the difficulty of talking with the head and the unwillingness to toady to him — indicates St0; evidently a typo in the source, corrected above with this flag.)