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Military psychological dictionary-reference

The term “socionics” is defined by the “Military Psychological Dictionary-Reference Book”: “Socionics is a model for improving society, in which for each person representing a certain psychological type, there is a place in society, in social activity. Socionics is one of the theories of psychological types, located at the intersection of psychology, sociology, computer science.

SOCIONICS is a model for improving society, in which for each individual, representing a certain psychological type, there is a place in society, in social activity. S. - one of the theories of psychological types, which is at the intersection of psychology, sociology, computer science.

S. is based on the model of C.G. Jung - a Swiss psychiatrist, psychologist. According to Jung’s “Psychological Types” (1921), a person cannot be both an extrovert and an introvert. His psyche resembles a magnet formed from two poles. The poles of a magnet are always together, and a person is asymmetric, its second pole is another person. The relationship between two types, when the partners have the necessary additional qualities, are called complement relations, and the complement process itself is called dualization. For example, marriage is the right not only to a sexual partner, but also to psychic complement and continuation of one’s personality in another, to the dualization of one’s psyche. Different relationships between people in the same social conditions can only be explained by the psychological structures of the individuals in contact. These structures can be congenital or acquired, but must be sufficiently stable. With their help, you can explain why some people develop with some people, and with others - different relationships.

A. Augustinavichiute, based on the work of Jung, proposed a classification of people directly related to the processes of information exchange in society. She identified 16 personality types, including: logician and ethic, extrovert and introvert, sensory and intuitive, rationalist and irrationalist, etc.

S. helps to determine the type of a person’s personality, to build interaction and communication with him, to form family, industrial and leisure collectives