Semantic Content of Fe

General characteristics of Fe - transmission of information through the language of emotions, creation of negentropy through emotional impact, emotional transformation of the environment.

KEY EVALUATIONS: good-bad (non-specific evaluation common to both ethical functions), fascinating-unfascinating, exciting-unexciting (evaluations specific to Fe).

Fe also plays a leading role in affective empathy (empathy/compassion, sympathy, emotional contagion with others' emotions – both positive and negative). Both Fi and Fe participate in affective empathy, but the role of Fe is significantly higher – the average value for Fe in affective empathy profiles is 1.16 conditional units above the population average, compared to 0.46 for Fi. Moreover, Fe dominates both in terms of empathy/compassion and in terms of "contagion" with other people's emotions.

Empathy-fantasy (empathy with heroes of works) – here the role of Fe is even more pronounced, while the role of Fi is very small (weakly positive)

Fe is characterized by emotional-ethical manipulations aimed at changing the mood of others. Moreover, black-ethical manipulations are aimed precisely at changing the mood of others, and not their behavior.

For Fe, the auditory channel is more important than the visual channel (in contrast to Fi, where the opposite is true).

Fe - THE MOST PRONOUNCED EXCLUSIVE MARKERS

(the number after the questionnaire item is the so-called exclusivity index, equal to the product of the function value by the share of its variance in the total variance of 12 functions)

Positive markers of Fe:

  1. I am able and love to speak about my feelings in an elevated and passionate manner. 1.72
  2. My emotions are deep, dramatic, and persistent. 1.55
  3. I enjoy creating "emotional whirlwinds" around me to stay in the focus of human emotions and passions. 1.39
  4. I love an emotionally rich life. 1.37
  5. All of my desires are colored by strong and confident emotions. 1.35
  6. In many situations, my emotions instantly "ramp up" to a high degree. 1.35
  7. I like to play an active, leading role in emotions and feelings. 1.26
  8. I am more emotional than rational. 1.26
  9. I am a more emotional and sensitive person compared to the other men I know. 1.26
  10. Sometimes, every event, every impression seems incredibly emotionally rich and, therefore, very significant—either beautiful or dreadful. 1.25
  11. I can play with my facial expressions to portray different emotions, and I often use this. 1.24
  12. I can beautifully express my feelings: from elevated tones to subtle irony. 1.22
  13. I am very sensitive, with a deeply tragic reaction to the world. 1.21
  14. I don’t hide my feelings or emotions; I know how to show them and I enjoy doing it. 1.17
  15. I constantly need to feel that I am needed and am the center of attention in some group. 1.16
  16. I often invade others' emotions and experiences with my own feelings. 1.16
  17. I can escalate passions, making a mountain out of a molehill. 1.14
  18. Sometimes my emotions "go wild”, with no restraint. 1.13
  19. I am very susceptible to the influence of emotions and feelings. 1.11
  20. My voice is usually strongly modulated with intonations— for example, I am better than others at reading poems with "expression". 1.10
  21. My emotions sometimes overwhelm me. 1.09
  22. I think almost daily about the impression I make on others. 1.08
  23. I react strongly and immediately to surrounding impressions. 1.07
  24. It is easy for me to "emotionally energize" the people around me and make them focus on how I play with my emotions, like a musician playing the flute. 1.06
  25. I am often guided by instantaneous emotions. 1.06
  26. If something goes wrong with my affairs, I usually react emotionally, needing considerable time to calm down and switch to calm, constructive actions. 1.03
  27. I find it difficult to control my internal emotional intensity. 1.02
  28. I usually have a lively and expressive facial expression. 1.02
  29. I am capable of falling passionately in love (in a very passionate way, even to the point of being ready for any madness) - and the last time was not long ago. 1.02
  30. I react emotionally if the predicted course of events is disrupted. 1.01
  31. I love regularly receiving signs of respect and recognition, and I must say, I really need this. 1.00
  32. I am quick-tempered and easily get angry, often making a mountain out of a molehill. 0.99
  33. I always feel the emotional significance of what is happening, the fullness of each situation with a "taste of life". 0.97
  34. I am expressive in my facial expressions, gestures, glances, intonations, and other emotional manifestations. 0.96
  35. I am more impulsive than deliberate and rational. 0.94
  36. I am familiar with feelings of shock, amazement, and wonder— I have experienced them several times in the last month. 0.93
  37. I am a person of deep emotions and feelings. 0.92
  38. I can easily evoke vivid emotional memories. 0.92
  39. Unexpected situations always trigger an emotional response in me. 0.91
  40. My life is always emotionally colored and filled with dreams, expectations, fears; each person and each event has its own special taste and meaning for me. 0.91
  41. I know how to express my feelings in an elevated manner, I can inspire people and lead them. 0.91
  42. I never leave my guests to themselves; I never let them be alone with their emotions— if they came to visit me, I must manage their emotions every minute. 0.90
  43. My face always expresses my feelings. 0.89
  44. Compared to many others, I can love more intensely and selflessly, as well as hate more strongly. 0.89
  45. If I see something very scary, I won’t be able to hold back my feelings; I am very likely to have a hysteria. 0.89
  46. Any passion completely absorbs me. 0.88
  47. Sometimes I fall into emotional outbursts or something like that, especially if I feel some danger or instability. 0.88
  48. I like to feel my unity with others in shared experiences, excitement, or other vivid emotions— for example, sitting next to like-minded people in a stadium. 0.88
  49. I tend to have intense, unpredictable feelings in love. 0.88
  50. I prefer situations with escalating passion rather than those where enthusiasm and passion are ridiculed and downplayed. 0.87
  51. I am primarily attracted to the intensity and passion of emotions. 0.87
  52. I feel closely connected to those who brought emotional challenges and intensities into politics or life: Caligula, Nero, Zhirinovsky, Arkady Raikin, Roman Viktyuk. 0.86
  53. I am a person of strong, often changing romantic passions. 0.86
  54. I would be very suited to being a psychotherapist, actor, or host of a musical radio program. 0.86
  55. I have excellent intonational expressiveness in speech. 0.85
  56. I often and for long periods use a mirror. 0.85
  57. On social media or in life, I often "chase" approval from others. 0.85
  58. I constantly feel a strong emotional pull toward something. 0.83
  59. I have written a love poem: 1) Never 3) 1-3 times in life 5) Many times 0.83
  60. I am a passionate and restless person. 0.83
  61. Key concepts for me: fun, emotional explosion, infatuation, outrage, family, bringing joy, lifting spirits, beauty, celebration, sorrow, sociability, passion, treats, constant activity. 0.83
  62. A constant feeling of emotional significance and "taste of life" is always with me. 0.82
  63. Some emotional memories are almost constantly with me. 0.82
  64. Every person and every event has its own emotional taste and meaning for me. 0.82
  65. I know how to emotionally entice people into the future, "drawing" their perspective of tomorrow with the language of feelings. 0.82
  66. I often remember my dreams. 0.81
  67. My speech often includes words reflecting the highest degree of something. For example: outstanding, genius, amazing, great, enormous, fastest, tireless, etc. 0.81
  68. I always express my emotions easily and with pleasure. 0.81
  69. In movies and books I remember not their plot details, but their overall emotional content (so if asked to describe a movie or book, I will first describe the emotional message it conveyed as I understood it). 0.80
  70. In my speech, I tend to use words with strongly contrasting evaluations (e.g., enormous, grandiose, tiny, undoubtedly, absolutely, decisive, magnificent, excellent, outrageous, beautiful, horrible, triumph, shame, sorrow, terror, anger, etc.) more often than moderate evaluations (e.g., polite, pleasant, inappropriate, modest, worthy, small, attractive, heartfelt, beautiful, insincere, sympathy, awkward, sad, angry, ashamed, offended, etc.). 0.80
  71. Certain songs bring tears to my eyes. 0.79
  72. I often listen to pop singers. 0.78
  73. When recalling an episode from my life, I instantly relive the exact emotional feeling I had at the time. 0.78
  74. My emotions of hurt spiral very quickly and irreversibly. 0.77
  75. I find working with living people more interesting than working with technology, science, or management decisions. 0.77
  76. My voice is very intonational— I always emphasize meaning by varying pitch, tempo, and volume. 0.76
  77. I often (more frequently and intensely than most people I know) "let out" my loud positive emotions. 0.76
  78. I am always ready for aesthetic enjoyment, ready to admire beauty and be outraged by ugliness. 0.75
  79. I love attracting attention, admiration, and surprise from others. 0.75
  80. I always make the other person emotionally open up, giving them a place to share emotions. 0.74
  81. I often have a dramatic "blowout"— deep emotional explosions when communicating with a person who becomes irritated, shouting, or expressing indignation. 0.73
  82. I tend to express my feelings openly and without hesitation, which sometimes leads to misunderstandings. 0.72
  83. My emotions are stronger and more alive than others in the company. 0.72
  84. I am always involved in the flow of life and constantly keep my emotions close at hand. 0.71
  85. I willingly share my problems and suffering with others, seeking understanding, sympathy, and support. 0.72
  86. I am always the life of the party and know how to manage the mood of people. 0.72
  87. It is very important for me to constantly feel that another person perceives me as a unique individual. 0.72
  88. When I take on solving a global task, I see my personal role as emotionally mobilizing people, igniting the fire in their hearts. 0.71
  89. I enjoy situations with growing emotional tension. 0.71
  90. It is very important for me how I look, what impression I make. 0.71
  91. I get easily scared by sudden sounds. 0.71
  92. In conversation, I usually involuntarily "play" with my face— raising my eyebrows, pouting my lips, etc. 0.71
  93. I usually have a very "broad" gesture. 0.71
  94. I love being taken care of and having my problems and complaints about poor health listened to. 0.71
  95. I always understand and feel the emotional significance and "taste" of what is happening. 0.71
  96. If you don't take into account my emotional passion, some of my actions may seem strange, illogical, or absurd. 0.70
  97. I am a lyricist and a romantic, with sentimental sensitivity and vulnerability inherent in my character. 0.70
  98. I have a certain demonstrativeness, a "theatricality" in displaying my emotions. 0.70
  99. My emotions are like an orchestra, where each instrument comes in at exactly the right and predetermined time. 0.70
  100. I have a tendency toward some theatricality in my experiences. 0.70
  101. When recalling key moments from my past, I relive all the emotions I felt back then. 0.69
  102. I like when the attention of those around me is focused on me. 0.69
  103. I have many emotionally rich memories from my childhood. 0.69
  104. I enjoy shaking up people and lifting their spirits. 0.69
  105. I love to sing loudly. 0.68
  106. When re-watching a movie, I almost always experience the same emotions I had during my first viewing. 0.67
  107. I have the gift of charming those around me and convincing them of some truth with the power of my charm and suggestion. 0.67
  108. I usually strive to get very close to a new friend, establishing the most intimate emotional connection. 0.67
  109. I am a fiery person, easily creating my own mood and transmitting it to others. 0.67
  110. I easily notice other people's individual speaking styles and instantly spot mistakes in their speech. 0.67
  111. I am sensitive. 0.67
  112. I advocate emotional enthusiasm, not persuasion, and during this, I, being persistent and commanding, do not tolerate objections, becoming harsh and capricious from being kind. 0.67
  113. It is true that I never make mistakes in using my feelings and outward expressions of emotions — they are a very precise tool for timely influence on the surrounding crowd. 0.67
  114. Sometimes I ask for something or tell something with a voice full of suffering. 0.66
  115. Sometimes I "play" with my various emotions, cycling through them in my imagination. 0.66
  116. As a rule, in company, I dominate with my feelings and emotions over others. 0.66
  117. Tears easily well up in my eyes. 0.65
  118. I easily control the expression of my emotions, switching from drama to affirmation of life. 0.65
  119. In times of anxiety, I often find it hard to control myself. 0.65
  120. My nature is emotionally rebellious and knows no harmony or peace. 0.63

Negative markers of Fe (correlating negatively with Fe)

  1. I avoid any strong emotions and intense experiences. -1.39
  2. It’s true that I’m a calm person and not prone to uncontrollable joy, rage, or significant anguish. -1.29
  3. I’m indifferent to what others say about me—it’s much more important what I think about myself. -1.21
  4. I exhibit a "benevolent coldness"—I’m usually unemotional in communication, though I often wear a polite smile during conversations. -1.18
  5. From my perspective, emotionality is always trivial and often hinders an objective assessment of situations. -1.18
  6. It’s true that it’s very hard to provoke me to laugh or react with enthusiasm. -1.18
  7. Emotions don’t deeply affect me. -1.17
  8. I’m usually indifferent to everything and rarely experience worry. -1.12
  9. I have excellent self-control, and my behavior is always consistent, without any undesirable "outbursts." -1.11
  10. I don’t have a strong need for others to respect me. -1.10
  11. I approach any kind of enthusiasm with great restraint—it never helps anyone and only disorients people. -1.10
  12. I’m generally unaffected by what those around me do. -1.10
  13. Compared to others, I might be described as having an immobile, stony face because I’m not very emotional. -1.00
  14. I’m secretive about my emotions, what excites or depresses me, and never initiate discussions about what has changed my mood. -0.98
  15. I tend to treat any "subtle" feelings with irony. -0.97
  16. My aura is gently calming, responding to joy but devoid of vivid emotions. -0.96
  17. Many people are constantly obsessed with their problems, but compared to them, I’m a relatively carefree person. -0.96
  18. My face is "impenetrable," rarely reflecting emotions or feelings. -0.96
  19. In life, I’m more of a "carefree" person and not prone to exaggerating, especially potential troubles. -0.96
  20. I generally don’t care much about most events around me. -0.95
  21. My speech is usually unexpressive and lacks intonation. -0.93
  22. I never voluntarily discuss either my mood or what influenced it. -0.93
  23. I can easily go a whole day without smiling once. -0.92
  24. I’m completely unable to talk about my feelings or the emotions I experience—even if necessary, I wouldn’t succeed. -0.92
  25. Loud laughter and emotional outbursts seem vulgar to me and never elicit empathy. -0.91
  26. It’s true that I never explode or lose control, nor do I panic or experience hysteria. -0.87
  27. I can hardly ever cry, even when there’s every reason to. -0.87
  28. I’m a cold-blooded person and rarely form attachments. -0.87
  29. I very rarely speak about my feelings and experiences. -0.86
  30. I don’t take anything at face value; I always verify everything. -0.85
  31. I never talk about my feelings—I simply don’t know how. -0.84
  32. It’s hard for me to feel anything for people; I often just feel indifferent. -0.84
  33. It’s difficult for me to "feel" someone else’s joy. -0.84
  34. Usually, when I tell stories in a group or write something online, I don’t care about others’ reactions—I do it more for myself. -0.83
  35. It’s very hard to provoke or annoy me. -0.80
  36. My main principle in life: "Minimum effort, maximum result". -0.80
  37. In a factory, I’d find production organization more interesting than dealing with staff or motivation. -0.79
  38. I’m emotionally reserved, calm, balanced, and display measured judgment. I reject any pressure, keep others out of my personal life, live exclusively for my creative interests, and follow my own rules. -0.78
  39. I usually stay calm when others are already irritated. -0.78
  40. I’m secretive about my feelings. -0.78
  41. Compared to others, I’m much less concerned about my appearance—as long as it doesn’t affect the task at hand. -0.77
  42. My character likely contains more indifference and calm disregard than others. -0.77
  43. It’s very hard to surprise me with anything. -0.77
  44. It is difficult for me to evaluate the quality of my own and other people's speech by ear, but my friends say that my speech is usually hard to understand. -0.77
  45. If I nap during the day, I usually sleep uncovered. -0.77
  46. I almost always want to leave if someone imposes their emotions on me. -0.77
  47. Sentimentality and sensitivity are often just whims, unworthy of a serious person. -0.76
  48. I find it easier than most to rid myself of illusions, imposed opinions, and suggested thoughts. -0.75
  49. My intonation is always steady throughout a phrase, and my voice usually drops affirmatively at the end. -0.75
  50. Emotionally, I often feel awkward, as if I don’t quite belong. -0.74
  51. I appreciate effective simplicity in everything, without embellishments. -0.74
  52. My mood is often overly "even", too apathetic and passive, noticeably lacking motivation and a "taste for life". -0.74
  53. Very often, I fail to see any sense in what my acquaintances do. -0.73
  54. Emotions are valuable only when they support the stability already established in the world. -0.73
  55. People rarely notice or understand my positive emotions from my facial expressions. -0.73
  56. There are moments when I stop feeling or perceiving not only others' moods but even my own. -0.73
  57. I am ironic, patient, and unhurried, and I evaluate the prospects of any hasty endeavor skeptically. -0.72
  58. It’s true that I never discuss with friends what I am planning to do. -0.71
  59. My mood is consistently stable; emotional fluctuations and "outbursts" are uncharacteristic of me. -0.71
  60. In general, I’m a "laid-back" person. -0.71
  61. My gaze is usually "cold." -0.71
  62. I dislike phones and talk on the phone very little—calling only when absolutely necessary. Most of my conversations are under two minutes. -0.71
  63. In response to a personal success or the happiness of a loved one, I might politely say I’m happy too, but internally, I remain calmly unperturbed. -0.71
  64. I would enjoy and excel at exploring new territories on my own. -0.70
  65. In any situation, I exhibit high self-control: I never lose composure. -0.69
  66. The idea that everyone in life is on their own (except for raising children) seems natural and normal to me. -0.69
  67. I am almost always composed and even-tempered in my behavior. -0.69
  68. I’m always straightforward in my behavior, and it’s hard to offend or upset me. -0.69
  69. Secrecy is a defining trait of mine. -0.68
  70. I’m completely indifferent to the past—it tends to "fade" immediately after it’s over. -0.68
  71. My desires and impulses are generally weak; it’s hard for me to step out of indifferent observation. -0.68
  72. In general, I’m a skeptic and a “Doubting Thomas”. -0.68
  73. I am a balanced, serious, and calm person; it’s very hard to provoke or anger me. -0.68
  74. I sometimes view excessively emotional people as hysterical or clownish and prefer not to involve them in my work. -0.67
  75. Operating a train locomotive would suit me and appeal to me more than working as a civil lawyer. -0.67
  76. If something makes me happy in life, I simply tell my friends the facts and events that are obviously good to me without mentioning my feelings or showing them outwardly. The rest is for my friends to interpret themselves. -0.67
  77. I know how to restrain and conceal my emotions. -0.67
  78. It’s true that I dislike any "outbursts" or surprises—whether in feelings, work, or the passage of time. -0.66
  79. I’ve learned to restrain and hide my emotions. -0.66
  80. I always find TV programs about news, technology, or science more interesting than singers or humorous shows with comedians. -0.66
  81. Morally, I am quite “omnivorous”—whatever the behavior of others may be, it’s very hard to offend, insult, unsettle, or confuse me. -0.65
  82. I know how to avoid irritation, which helps me achieve my goals and live to my satisfaction. -0.65
  83. I often experience a certain "emotional dullness"—I get very little pleasure from reading books or talking with people. -0.65
  84. I don’t care what people around me are occupied with, as long as they don’t interfere with me. -0.65
  85. If efficiency, activity, a sense for the new, and high practicality are my strengths, then my weaknesses are a lack of attention to appearance, insufficient tact, and a lack of psychological sensitivity. -0.64
  86. It’s hard to make me irritated. -0.64
  87. My clothing tends to be modest and unremarkable. -0.63
  88. I rarely notice others’ elevated moods in advance, so I often only hear about my loved ones’ successes from them directly. -0.63
  89. I absolutely don’t care what others think of me. -0.63
  90. My speech is not very melodic; it tends to be constrained, strained, and punctuated with pauses between or even within words. -0.63
  91. I always maintain composure in any situation. -0.62
  92. I’m usually secretive about what has upset me and try not to show it when I’m troubled. -0.62
  93. I deeply understand Peter the Great’s tendency to do everything himself and master every new task with his own hands—it’s a very satisfying activity. -0.62
  94. I easily compromise on specifics but never stray from my overall ideological strategy. -0.62
  95. Compared to the average level among my acquaintances, I’m quieter and more reserved. -0.62
  96. I’m conservative only in my clothing—I don’t like changing it and often wear unpolished shoes. -0.62
  97. I’m not very influenced by others’ emotions and often remain calm, even if everyone around me is agitated. -0.62
  98. I almost never empathize with movie characters’ problems—after all, it’s all make-believe. -0.61
  99. Interacting with anxious people often exhausts or paralyzes me and leaves me feeling overwhelmed. -0.61
  100. I’m “thick-skinned”—I struggle to pick up on small details and nuances. -0.61
  101. I really dislike scandals because I have no idea how to handle such situations. -0.61

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