Process (Right, Evolutory) Types
Process (Right, Evolutory) types (ILE, SEI, EIE, LSI, SEE, ILI, LSE, EII) have Intuition > Logic > Sensing > Ethics arranged clockwise in the mental ring and counter-clockwise in the vital ring.
They can also be defined by how the function signs are distributed in their Model A (which is much more practical for typing purposes):
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Their plus (+) functions are mental-accepting and vital-producing: the program, role, activating, and demonstrative functions.
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Their minus (-) functions are mental-producing and vital-accepting: the creative, vulnerable, suggestive, and ignoring functions.
Process (Plus Aspect) in Speech
If the program function has a plus sign, the speech can be more detailed and specific:
"I spent the weekend at the lake, where I went swimming, fishing, and sunbathing. The weather was magnificent—clear skies, the sun was shining, and birds were singing all around."
"Vasily Petrovich, with whom we have such-and-such a relationship and are connected by such-and-such business, most likely meant 'this and that' when he said 'that'."
These types are also more sensitive to context:
"But why is he telling me about this right now?"
"What does this have to do with what is currently happening between us?"
From my observations, when typing a Process type, I usually have to draw the line myself and say, "Time's up." This is because a Process type's questions can tend toward infinity: "..but what about this? and this? and why is it exactly like that? what if we look at it from another angle? well, how about that? and that?.." Meanwhile, the person being typed gives no indication that they have figured everything out, so you have to guide them to a conclusion yourself.
Another indirect marker is that a Process type remembers the beginning and middle better, emphasizes them in their story, and finds it difficult to wrap things up. They can get stuck in the process of brainstorming thoughts and never finish their answer.
Example:
"To be honest, New Year's Eve is such an insignificant detail compared to other truly meaningful events that it takes an effort to even remember the last one. Everything was as usual. My mother and I were at home, along with my niece, who sat with us for a while and then left to see her boyfriend. We watched TV (there was the president's address and a concert), sat at the holiday table in front of the New Year's tree, made some toasts, and during this time I was pondering what had been done over the year and what needed to be done in the coming year. I thought about how many plans and opportunities for realization there were, and how difficult it is to squeeze these grandiose plans into a given timeframe..."
Understanding function signs provides insight into the depth and thoroughness with which information should be presented to your interlocutor. Process-oriented types prefer depth and process. They want to understand how you arrived at your conclusions and are rarely satisfied with surface-level answers.
But it is important to remember that all of these are tendencies, not strict rules. Each person's communication style can vary and depends on many factors, including context, mood, and the personalities of the interlocutors.
Source: S. Ionkin
See also: Process Type speech Example and Analysis
Process Types Subgroups
Rings of Benefit
- Energy Generators (Extrovert, Process, Asking)
- Information Accumulators (Introvert, Process, Declaring)
Project Groups
- Ideation Process (Intuitive, Constructivist, Process)
- Concrete Process (Sensory, Emotivist, Process)
Implementation Groups
- Transition of feminine to masculine (Logical, Tactical, Process)
- Most feminine (Ethical, Strategic, Process)
Stress Resistance
- Frozen by Stress (Irrational, Democratic, Process)
- Vulerable to Stress (Rational, Aristocratic, Process)
Cognitive Styles