Quadra Values

Ne/Si Valuing

• More avoidant of confrontation on average, not wanting to interfere with the people around them (Si).

• Naturally wants to harmonize with, and better appreciate, their present surroundings (Si).

• Prioritizes the fulfillment of their internal needs, preferring a state of relaxation (Si).

• Noncommittal attitude towards life, experiments with different options (Ne).

• Searches for more conceptual connections between ideas, broadening the scope of the concept (Ne).

• Prefers discussions to be open-ended, bringing a multiplicity of perspectives together (Ne).

• Characterized by divergence

  • When you are focused on the present (Si), the number of possible options you can take expands (Ne).

Ni/Se Valuing

• More openly confrontational on average, doing what they want, as they see fit (Se).

• Naturally wants to impact their surroundings, changing it to something they desire (Se).

• Prioritizes the fulfillment of their external wants, preferring a state of activity (Se).

• Committed to following a specific path in life, rejecting alternative options as distracting from what is really important (Ni).

• Forms fewer conceptual connections between ideas, narrowing the scope of the concept (Ni).

• Prefers discussions to be focused, returning to the same set of mentalizations (Ni).

• Characterized by convergence

  • When you are focused on a particular event / outcome (Ni), a specific action was / will be required to achieve it (Se).

Ti/Fe Valuing

• Filters the factual content of the source, separating what is consistent from what is inconsistent (Ti).

• Naturally simplifies their mental understanding into a clear framework (Ti).

• Strives to act consistently, according to an objective standard (Ti).

• Wants to preserve the clarity of what they learn from others, ensuring that it fits together with what they already know (Ti).

• Enjoys environments of free expression (Fe).

• Naturally expands their interactions to include anyone (Fe).

• Attentive to the emotional ambiance of a group, wanting to feel a sense of belonging. (Fe).

• Inclined to read between the lines of what is communicated, picking up on any connotative subtleties otherwise not explicitly stated (Fe).

• Characterized by universality

  • Integrates social interactions into common emotional space (Fe).

  • Integrates factual information into a common framework (Ti)

Te/Fi Valuing

• Filters sources from other sources, separating what is reliable from what is unreliable (Fi).

• Modifies their expression according to their attitude towards the interlocutor (Fi).

• Naturally limits their interactions to people they personally like (Fi).

• Attentive to inner feelings of attraction towards individuals, wanting to feel a sense of connection (Fi).

• Naturally accumulates a wide variety of procedural knowledge to be more self-sufficient (Te).

• Strives to act optimally, given the resources available (Te).

• Wants to preserve the integrity of what they learn from others, free of rhetoric and reductionism (Te).

• Inclined to directly accept the denotative / literal meaning of what is communicated, free of any connotative subtleties (Te).

• Characterized by particularity

  • Differentiates social interactions into varied levels of attitudes towards people (Fi).

  • Differentiates factual information into varied levels of usefulness (Te).