Sociological survey “The names of the functions and types”

Abstract

Earlier this was carried out a sociological internet-survey on the topic “The names of the functions and types”. Sixty socionists took part in this survey. Among the respondents, representatives of different groups of socionics’ community: the leaders of socionics’ educational centers, more or less well-known authors and students. The survey was conducted for more than two months by the administration of Londnon Socionics Society on Facebook. The questionnaire was sent to socionists mainly by email or instant chat and partly administered through direct communication with socionics face to face. The purpose of this survey is to explore the preferences of different socionics groups regarding the use of names for functions and types in Russian and English. Analysis of the survey revealed the almost unanimous desire to develop common standards of socionical nomenclature; rather complex approach to the use of different notations; a wide popularity of socionical alias and difference of opinion regarding the choice of notation for the translation into English.