Socionics - Intertype Relations

Intertype Relations

Choose the framework before reading the relation account.

Symbolic Model A intertype relation wheel with symmetric lines and directional relation arrows

Model A

Traditional Intertype Relations

This is the classical socionics relation system: Duality, Activity, Mirror, Identity, Conflict, Super-Ego, Supervision, Benefit, and the rest of the familiar sixteen. It reads relations through the eight Model A positions and the way each type's information elements meet the other's stack.

Use this page when you want the WSS-style account of interpersonal chemistry: which relations are symmetrical, which are directional, how Supervision presses on vulnerability, and how Benefit creates one-way supply. This is also where the interactive Model A selector, geometry map, and traditional relation posters now live.

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Model L symmetric intertype relation code map

Model L

Symmetric Relation Codes

Model L uses a different relation layer. Kimani White specifies Model L intertype relations as symmetric: there is no Model L Benefactor, Beneficiary, Supervisor, or Supervisee. Those directional accounts belong to Model A.

Instead, Model L compares the four positions of the type code. A 1 means the two types match in that code position; a 0 means they differ. The resulting four-bit code converts into an A, B, C, or D relation designation, such as A1 Identical, D2 Countervalent, C4 Galvanizing, or B4 Augmenting.

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