Extraverted Feeling

Characteristics of Extraverted Feeling (Fe)

General comments

My feelings/your feelings vs. our feelings - Previously, I don't think I fully understood the Fe perspective. I used to think that we all individually had our own feelings. I'm not sure I understood the importance of the concept of "our feelings." I have come to understand that Fe types tend look at collective feelings - or "our feelings" - and that this is an important perspective to consider. Also, and I could be leaping to a conclusion but people who prefer Fi seem to understand their own feelings better than the feelings of others and people who prefer Fe seem to understand the feelings of other people better than their own.

• Fi and Fe may often result in the same behavioral pattern-for very different underlying motivations.
• Fi and Fe may often result in drastically different behavioral patterns-for very different underlying motivations.
• Fi and Fe may result in drastically different behavioral patterns-for very similar underlying motivations.

Interaction styles are important in understanding how Fe or Fi manifests itself. The higher in the function order Fe is, the more likely the person is to care about outer organization and engage in organizational activity.

Fe Characteristics

As compared to those that use Introverted Feeling (Fi), individuals that use the cognitive function of Extraverted Feeling (Fe) tend towards the following:

• seek to understand others behaviors, motivations, desires and beliefs
• are ruled by objective and more broadly accepted values
• express emotion with intentionality and forethought for optimal effect
• seek to objectively understand the feelings of others
• have a harder time confronting others; are more diplomatic
• seek harmony with others
• are more practical; willing to make compromises
• focus on understanding how the group works, connects, gets along (or doesn’t) and all of their views, decides what course of action is most amenable to the intended goal while accommodating the most people
• assess consistency of behavior of individuals and behavior with social protocols
• focus on observable patterns of behaviors and motivations that others seem have
• are focused on the dynamics of how people relate to each other
• focus on how decisions, actions, or expressed opinions are going to be reacted to, countered or felt by others and weighing benefits and costs of the course of action