Psychical States in Socionics

Abstract

A method of considering states of psyche using socionic methodology is proposed. In contrast to psychical states, which can be represented in terms of emotions and feelings only, the socionic approach allows extending their range and requires a new name for them: informational-psychological states. V.V.Gulenko’s view on states as single-aspect is criticized. Instead, states are considered through pairs of aspects processed in Models A of informational metabolism types by multidimensional informational metabolism functions. In this regards psychical states are distributed into extroverted, corresponding to the “black” aspects, and introverted, corresponding to the “white”, according to M.M.Kalman’s approach. Differences between states corresponding to different levels created by pairs of homo-dimensional informational metabolism functions are considered. Such states for each pair of aspects with regard to rearrangement are deciphered.