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Active listening in Fi Dom/Aux users was something I saw mentioned in Dario Nardi’s work.
I’ve now seen this signal in multiple Fi leads. Basically the subject drops their head in a Fi style while actively listening to the group conversation going on around them.
The following video shows it quite well in Hannah Reid, the singer in London grammar, first instance is at 1 minute mark.
(also its a cool Vultology video with the contrasting participants.)
I’m assuming this is the right place for it?
Maybe not so useful in a individual typing scenario but could be useful for celebrities if its confirmed.
I remember reading that in Dario Nardi's book. He also said INTP's were the worst at listening. At the time I thought I was an INTP, and that distinction totally made sense for me because I have a tendency to get distracted by my own thoughts and stop listening to what someone else is saying. And the very first thing my husband said when I told him Auburn had typed me as FiNe was, "That can't be right. Aren't they supposed to be really good listeners?" Perhaps that's a seelie vs unseelie difference. Or perhaps I actually do have a greater than usual capacity for active listening, but I just don't always choose to use it. Or perhaps Nardi's findings don't apply here since his participants aren't typed vultologically.
It would be quite interesting to look through some of the people in the database and see who does or doesn't display this signal. I do actually think I displayed it in my interview-style video that Auburn used to type me. But I also wonder if someone getting distracted by their own thoughts rather than actively listening might also drop their heads because their focus is internal.
@fayest42 An Fi types active listening is going to depend a lot on people interest. For instance an FiNe enneagram 5 is going to be retreating into their head while an enneagram 9 would be highly focused on the people in their environment.
Based of your Vibe (you say I a lot) I would normally guess INFP over INTP. NTPs have a preference to be impersonal, we are not that comfortable with emotions, but our Ne means we are unable to ignore and dismiss emotions like STPs can, And that can result in a Fi shadow introspection (In my case to the extreme level that produced a NeFi Vultology, although the Fi centric testing methodology doesn’t help with the typing.)
Well I am indeed an enneagram 5, so that makes sense. But if enneagram type affects whether or not the active listening signal shows up, it may not be a good choice for one of the 10 Fi signals we look for in the codifier.
So do you not agree with your typing then? What type do you think you are?
Edit: Just saw your post in the Fi vs Ti thread. I also relate to more of the Ti descriptions in that thread than Fi, but I see that as more of a flaw in the descriptions than a flaw in the typing. The typing is based on vultology, and our vultology is what it is (unless it's been read incorrectly, which does happen occasionally). The question is - what is the psychology of the people with that vultology?
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