Applications of Cognitive Processes

Communication
You cannot not communicate. Everything we do or don’t do communicates something. Each of the cognitive processes is associated with different kinds of communication. Once you are aware of your own preferred processes, you can begin to notice how your preferences influence how and what you communicate. You can also identify how these preferences may be a source of misunderstanding and conflict.....Read more...
Cracking the 4-letter Personality Type Code
It is important to remember that the four-letter type code is more than the sum of four letters. It results from how we answer questions along four dichotomies, Extraversion-Introversion, Sensing-iNtuiting, Thinking-Feeling, and Judging-Perceiving. While on the surface each of these dichotomies can be described generally, they are not separate parts or traits. In the development of the MBTI, it was assumed that reporting preferences for one over the other of each dichotomy would give us an idea of the pattern of cognitive processes of the personality and thus reveal Jung’s psychological type patterns. ....Read more...

Learning
One way we use the cognitive processes in our daily lives is with learning. Learning is not just something we do in school or in formal settings. We learn every day. Sometimes our very survival depends on how well we can learn. That may mean unlearning our learned limitations and regaining confidence in our ability to direct our own learning.....Read more...
Problem Solving
Most of the time, our daily lives go along on autopilot. However, when things are not going well, we may stop and try to apply a formal problem-solving or decision-making process. Our type code can give us clues as to which processes we are most likely to use in any given situation, but we do have the possibility of using any of them and most likely do use more than two. The problem comes when we overuse some and under use others and get stuck. As we get more and more stressed, we are likely to do just that.....Read more...
Skill Development
Most of us, at one time or another, want to collect more useful data and make better decisions. When we make mistakes, we promise ourselves to "pay more attention to what is going on" or "consider all the factors before making a decision." But the truth is, we may not know how to pay more attention to what is going on, and we have little idea how to consider all the factors before making a decision.....Read more...
Tandem Dynamics
Each of the cognitive processes can be used with its opposite in a tandem relationship (see page 20.) At first a process and its "opposite" may feel in tension with each other, but with practice you will discover ways to use them together effectively. As you develop a process, you can draw on the examples below to enhance your use and create powerful results.....Read more...
Type Dynamics
In each of the sixteen types, each of the eight processes plays a different "role" in the personality. The type code lets you know what role each process plays for each type. This is called "type dynamics." It is also referred to as the "hierarchy of functions": Dominant, Auxiliary, Tertiary, and Inferior. The roles are explained below to help you better understand the patterns.....Read more...