Function Comparison
Mediator vs Inspector
Compared by Functions
Comprehensive cognitive function analysis
First Type
Second Type
Functions Side by Side
Forces themselves to be unhurried and measured.
Takes time with people, knows how to stretch out pleasures. Dislikes hurried, rushing people. Remembers important dates and congratulates people timely. Time usually works in their favor - what fails now can be caught up later. Dislikes being bound by deadlines, not punctual. Works at their own comfortable pace, always finds excuses for delays. Postpones final decisions until the last minute.
Hardly tolerates unpunctual people who do everything at wrong times.
Lives at measured pace, strongly dislikes unjustified postponements and schedule disruptions. Frightened by fate and unpredictability. Though rejecting mysticism, cautiously listens to prophecies, fortune-telling, and dreams. Gets mobilized and spurred by unexpected but important events requiring quick completion.
Cannot tolerate monotony and routine.
Needs alternatives to boring everyday life and choices. Enjoys finding solutions to seemingly hopeless situations. Attracted to unusual people with many ideas and bold proposals. Avoids boring, gray people. Resourceful in cooking and home decoration, likes to experiment and create something original. Tolerant of eccentrics and inventors, treating them like children with caring indulgence.
Very attached to personal worldview, makes no concessions or compromises.
Selects friends based on shared views. Judges human abilities by their own standards - 'if I can do it, why can't others?' Personal attitude replaces intuition. May trust well-wishers, informants, pseudo-supporters. Values intellectual, creatively gifted people and can forgive their egoism and unethical behavior.
Lives for simple pleasures and comfort.
Highly considerate of others' habits and conveniences, never disturbs others' peace. Always cares for health and well-being of self and loved ones. Surrounds themselves with pleasant details. Dresses simply with good taste, avoiding extremes. Stays in the background, finding the golden middle position. Studies the physical world through touch and sensation, remembering sensory experiences well.
Carefully monitors appearance and always looks neat.
Tidy in household and workplace. Skilled with hands - repairs and crafts home items. Excellent at fine manual operations, especially design and decoration work. Prefers simple but healthy food. Shows stability in tastes and habits.
Sensitive to power dynamics in situations.
Good at predicting potential aggression or instability. Critical of lethargic, apathetic people and knows how to activate them. Responds to forceful pressure with equal aggression when necessary. Won't allow others to take advantage of their accommodating nature. Knows when to push and when to ease up, but doesn't seek to control others. Power is too heavy a burden - they just want to defend their own interests.
Sober realist who sets only achievable goals.
Usually accomplishes them eventually, if not immediately. When explanations and warnings don't help, applies pressure and other forceful management methods. Knows how to corner opponents. Stoic who maintains self-control and endures any hardships. Forces themselves to do uninteresting but necessary things. Helps weak and defenseless people, cares for elderly and sick. Can be quiet lone fighter for justice.
Needs clear, organized information.
Chaotic information confuses them and spoils their mood. Likes when specific phenomena are connected to general patterns. Mood improves when feeling needed and indispensable. Becomes active when given clear goals and direction, finding their own path to achievement. Doesn't need bare facts or instructions - needs emotionally appealing systems to become organized.
Thoroughly masters any work undertaken.
Stubbornly and persistently gathers information to fully control situations. Collector or book lover, especially interested in reference literature. Advocate of strict order and refined systems. Rejects anything that doesn't fit as illogical. Regularly checks and controls progress in areas of interest. Balanced and reliable themselves, demands same from others. Respects hierarchy and ignores personal preferences in business matters. Places objects in strictly designated places, cannot tolerate others taking or moving their things.
Works productively when people expect their help.
Needs efforts to be noticed and valued. Gets deeply hurt (though won't show it) if not praised or acknowledged. Good at household management, supply, and room arrangement. Especially tries hard before inspections or guest visits. Solves business matters through friends and acquaintances. Natural laziness limits contact growth but maintains useful relationships. Very attached to their work and occupation, finds it hard to change professions.
Very thrifty in work and purchases.
Seeks to save even small amounts of money. Keeps worn-out items just in case. Tries to eliminate unnecessary labor costs. Supporter of mechanization and automation. Controls income more than expenses. Monitors others' actions and suspects problems when they seem illogical or inappropriate.
Attentive and helpful to those they like.
Shows affection through actions rather than words. Uncomfortable asking for things for themselves but will do much more when others ask. Needs to sense who likes them before becoming productive. Wariness and bad attitudes kill their work capacity. Excellent mediator in deals and trade operations, spreads goods through informal connections. Mixes relationships closely with business matters.
Behaves politely and correctly in public.
Can force themselves to be cheerful and sociable. Easily makes brief, situational contacts. Inspires trust through behavior. Patiently listens to people who approach them, shows sympathy and favor. Though becomes closer, rejects overly familiar relationships. Stern at home with family, loves to educate and moralize. Reliable in attachments but sometimes painfully torn between two objects of affection.
Understands emotional causes and knows how to influence moods.
Consistently friendly and optimistic in informal communication. Loves to have fun in close circles, entertains others with jokes and pranks. Thinks about ways to generate positive emotions. Avoids conflicts and disagreements, wanting peace with everyone. Stays at safe distance from conflict sources. Collects and shares rumors, gossip, and interesting news about their social circle.
Usually in gloomy mood, accumulates negative emotions.
Feels relief after venting emotions on someone. Needs frequent emotional background changes for good physical condition. Cannot tolerate directed pressure from negative emotions - crying, tantrums, accusations. Easier to give in than ignore them. Internally quite touchy and vulnerable though doesn't show it, considering it weakness.
Function-based type comparison analysis