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Jungian cognitive functions
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<p>Psychological functions, as described by <a href="/facts/Carl_Jung/k651RvXp">Carl Jung</a> in his book <i><a href="/facts/Psychological_Types/fClsErMm">Psychological Types</a></i>, are particular mental processes within a person's psyche that are present regardless of common circumstances. This is a concept that serves as one of the foundations for his theory on <a href="/facts/Personality_type/U5LTxQ4M">personality type</a>. In his book, he noted four main psychological functions: <i>thinking</i>, <i>feeling</i>, <i>sensation,</i> and <i>intuition</i>. He introduced them with having either an internally focused (<i><a href="/facts/Extraversion_and_introversion/MUQ9pRhe">introverted</a></i>) or externally focused (<i><a href="/facts/Extraversion_and_introversion/MUQ9pRhe">extraverted</a></i>) tendency which he called "<i>attitude</i>". He also categorizes the functions as either <i>rational</i> (thinking and feeling) or <i>irrational</i> (intuition and sensation). </p>